Word · Frequency #13906
antic
/ˈæntik/
verb
做滑稽动作;嬉闹
to perform playful or silly actions; caper
- 1.
To perform antics, to caper.
做出滑稽动作;嬉闹。
做出滑稽动作;嬉闹。
In use
The puppy anticked around the kitchen until it knocked over a bowl.
The children were anticking on the lawn, trying to make each other laugh.
My uncle antics at every family party, doing little jumps and silly faces.
Verb forms
base antic · third person antics · -ing anticking · past anticked · past participle anticked
动词,作滑稽动作;注意加-ing/-ed时需加k
Connections
Synonyms
Antonyms
- behave
- 举止得体;守规矩 · 此条对应“做出滑稽动作;嬉闹”(to perform antics, to caper)这一动词义项。behave 强调行为端正、不胡闹,与 antic 所表示的嬉闹、搞怪相对;behave 指整体的行为规范,不指具体动作,二者不能互换使用。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看 antic 里的 tic,像钟表滴答跳动,联想小丑蹦跳着做出滑稽动作、嬉闹,tic 让你记住动作的动感。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:文学叙述、历史小说、幽默描写 antic 作动词时多用于文学或略带古雅的叙述,表示“做出滑稽动作、嬉闹”。日常口语中也可用 fool around 或 clown around 来表达类似含义。
Grammar Note
动词变形包括 anticking, anticked, antics。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 antic 真正押韵的词有 frantic、pedantic、romantic、gigantic(重读音节元音 /æ/ 及后续 /ntɪk/ 相同)。注意 static 和 tic 虽也以 -tic 结尾,但 static 重读音节后是 /t/ 而非 /nt/,并非完全押韵;tic 是单音节词,元音为 /ɪ/,也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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