Word · Frequency #8350
Jake
Discordian恶作剧
A Discordian prank in which many people send bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted person.
专指Discordian教派风格的恶作剧，不是普通恶作剧。
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A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
一种Discordian恶作剧,涉及大量人向特定目标个人发送怪异的信件或包裹。
一种Discordian恶作剧,涉及大量人向特定目标个人发送怪异的信件或包裹。；乡下佬；家伙
In use
The club organized a jake, and everyone mailed a strange letter to the same professor.
She laughed when her friends pulled a jake on her by sending quirky parcels from different cities.
After the jake, the target received so many bizarre envelopes that he contacted the post office.
pull a jake on someone
jake 是可数名词，表示一次具体的恶作剧；pull a jake 是常用的搭配。
They pulled a jake on their roommate by mailing him dozens of rubber ducks.
他们给室友搞了一次jake恶作剧，给他寄了几十只橡皮鸭。
be the target of a jake
该结构强调被捉弄的对象，后可接具体的人或群体。
The actor became the target of a jake after his controversial interview.
这位演员在发表争议性采访后，成了一桩jake恶作剧的目标。
send something to someone as a jake
这个结构直接对应 jake 的定义：用寄送奇怪信件或包裹的方式实施恶作剧。
They sent a box of fake spiders to their friend as a jake.
他们给朋友寄了一盒假蜘蛛，当作jake恶作剧。
Common mistakes
They played jake on him.They played a jake on him.
jake是可数名词，表示“一场恶作剧”，英语中可数名词单数前通常需要不定冠词a/an，不能省略。中文没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉，加上a后句子才符合语法。
They played a jake to him.They played a jake on him.
表示“对某人搞恶作剧”时，动词短语是play a trick/joke/prank on someone，介词固定用on，不用to或with。中文表达中可能直译为“对他搞恶作剧”而用to，但英语里必须用on。
Connections
Collocations
- pull a jake
- 搞一场jake恶作剧
- The Discordians pulled a jake on their new neighbor by mailing him odd packages.Discordian成员通过给新邻居邮寄怪异的包裹对他搞了一场jake恶作剧。
- play a jake on
- 对……搞jake恶作剧
- They played a jake on the entire office, sending each worker a bizarre parcel.他们对整个办公室搞了一场jake恶作剧，给每个员工寄了一个怪异的包裹。
- target of a jake
- jake恶作剧的目标
- The target of the jake was a local radio host.这场jake恶作剧的目标是一位当地电台主持人。
- organize a jake
- 组织一场jake恶作剧
- It takes many people to organize a jake properly.组织一场jake恶作剧需要很多人。
Synonyms
- prank
- 恶作剧；玩笑 · jake 特指许多人向目标邮寄怪异信件/包裹的 Discordian 恶作剧；prank 仅泛指恶作剧，不包含邮寄手段和集体性等具体细节。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个叫 Jake 的捣蛋鬼寄来怪信和包裹——jake 就是这种整人恶作剧。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：Discordian communities、internet forums、group chats 该词通常用于非正式场合，多出现在Discordian亚文化或网络恶作剧讨论中，日常英语和正式文体中极少见。
Grammar Note
仅用于Discordian文化语境，指一种集体恶作剧。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with jake /dʒeɪk/ because they share the stressed vowel /eɪ/ plus final /k/ and the spelling chunk 'ake'. Beware lookalikes: jade /dʒeɪd/ ends in /d/ instead of /k/, and joke /dʒoʊk/ uses the vowel /oʊ/, so neither rhymes with jake.
Learn the forms together
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