lark 音标拼音: [l'ɑrk]
n . 云雀,欢乐,百灵鸟,嬉耍
vi . 嬉耍,骑马玩乐
vt . 愚弄
云雀,欢乐,百灵鸟,嬉耍嬉耍,骑马玩乐愚弄
lark n 1 :
North American songbirds having a yellow breast [
synonym :
{
meadowlark }, {
lark }]
2 :
a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country ;
has streaky brown plumage [
synonym : {
pipit }, {
titlark }, {
lark }]
3 :
any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing 4 :
any carefree episode [
synonym : {
escapade }, {
lark }]
v 1 :
play boisterously ; "
The children frolicked in the garden ";
"
the gamboling lambs in the meadows "; "
The toddlers romped in the playroom " [
synonym : {
frolic }, {
lark }, {
rollick },
{
skylark }, {
disport }, {
sport }, {
cavort }, {
gambol }, {
frisk },
{
romp }, {
run around }, {
lark about }]
Lark \
Lark \ (
l [
aum ]
rk ),
n . [
Perh fr .
AS .
l [=
a ]
c play ,
sport .
Cf .
{
Lake },
v .
i .]
A frolic ;
a jolly time . [
Colloq .] --
Dickens .
[
1913 Webster ]
Lark \
Lark \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Larked } (
l [
aum ]
rkt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Larking }.]
To sport ;
to frolic . [
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Lark \
Lark \,
n . [
OE .
larke ,
laverock ,
AS .
l [=
a ]
werce ;
akin to D .
leeuwerik ,
LG .
lewerke ,
OHG .
l [=
e ]
rahha ,
G .
lerche ,
Sw .
l [
aum ]
rka ,
Dan .
lerke ,
Icel .
l [
ae ]
virki .] (
Zool .)
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus {
Alauda }
and allied genera (
family {
Alaudid [
ae ]}).
They mostly belong to Europe ,
Asia ,
and Northern Africa .
In America they are represented by the shore larks ,
or horned larks ,
of the genus {
Otocoris }.
The true larks have holaspidean tarsi ,
very long hind claws ,
and ,
usually ,
dull ,
sandy brown colors .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The European skylark ,
or lark of the poets ({
Alauda arvensis }),
is of a brown mottled color ,
and is noted for its clear and sweet song ,
uttered as it rises and descends almost perpendicularly in the air .
It is considered a table delicacy ,
and immense numbers are killed for the markets .
Other well -
known European species are the crested ,
or tufted ,
lark ({
Alauda cristata }),
and the wood lark ({
Alauda arborea }).
The pipits ,
or titlarks ,
of the genus {
Anthus } (
family {
Motacillid [
ae ]})
are often called larks .
See {
Pipit }.
The American meadow larks ,
of the genus {
Sturnella },
are allied to the starlings .
See {
Meadow Lark }.
The Australian bush lark is {
Mirafra Horsfieldii }.
See {
Shore lark }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Lark bunting } (
Zool .),
a fringilline bird ({
Calamospiza melanocorys })
found on the plains of the Western United States .
{
Lark sparrow } (
Zool .),
a sparrow ({
Chondestes grammacus }),
found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States .
[
1913 Webster ]
Lark \
Lark \,
v .
i .
To catch larks ;
as ,
to go larking .
[
1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lark ":
Philomel ,
adventure ,
antic ,
bat ,
bender ,
binge ,
bout ,
bulbul ,
bust ,
canary ,
caper ,
carousal ,
carouse ,
cavort ,
celebrate ,
celebration ,
cuckoo ,
cut loose ,
debauch ,
drinking bout ,
eagle ,
escapade ,
feathered songster ,
fling ,
frolic ,
gambol ,
game ,
hell around ,
horseplay ,
jape ,
jollify ,
jolly ,
let go ,
let loose ,
let off steam ,
make merry ,
make whoopee ,
mavis ,
mischief ,
mockingbird ,
monkeyshine ,
nightingale ,
orgy ,
oriole ,
play ,
ploy ,
practical joke ,
prank ,
raise hell ,
randan ,
randy ,
revel ,
ringdove ,
rocket ,
roister ,
rollick ,
romp ,
see life ,
shenanigan ,
shenanigans ,
shines ,
singing bird ,
skylark ,
skyrocket ,
song sparrow ,
songbird ,
songster ,
sport ,
spree ,
step out ,
tear ,
thrush ,
tomfoolery ,
toot ,
trick ,
wanton ,
warbler ,
whoop it up ,
wingding
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