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。
Discordian恶作剧
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
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。
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。
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
The club organized a jake, and everyone mailed a strange letter to the same professor.
俱乐部组织了一场恶作剧，每个人都给同一位教授寄了一封奇怪的信。
用法提示：jake 在此为可数名词，指 Discordian 式恶作剧。
She laughed when her friends pulled a jake on her by sending quirky parcels from different cities.
当朋友们从不同城市给她寄古怪包裹来搞恶作剧时，她笑了。
用法提示：jake 用作可数名词，表示一种恶作剧行为。
After the jake, the target received so many bizarre envelopes that he contacted the post office.
恶作剧之后，目标人物收到了太多怪异的信封，以至于他联系了邮局。
用法提示：jake 在这句中指特定的恶作剧事件。
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。
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。
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。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子They played jake on him.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子They played a jake to him.
正确表达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。
Jake 是常见男子名，指人；jake（小写）作名词时指 Discordian 式恶作剧，二者仅拼写和读音相近，词性与语义完全不同。
joke 是常用词，指逗乐的话或普通玩笑，可作名词或动词；jake 专指 Discordian 式集体寄信恶作剧，不能泛指“笑话”。
prank 泛指任何恶作剧；jake 特指许多人向某人寄送古怪信件或包裹的 Discordian 式恶作剧，不能替代普通“恶作剧”。
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。
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。
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。
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。
jake 是一种 Discordian 恶作剧，强调多人参与。
jake 的典型形式是向目标寄送怪异的信件或包裹。
被选定的收件人正是 jake 所针对的对象。
行动中邮寄的内容通常荒诞离奇，令人困惑。
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