cark and care
cark 属罕用或古旧词，常以并列短语 cark and care 的形式出现，多见于文学语体。
She left behind all cark and care.
她抛开了所有忧虑和烦恼。
忧虑；烦恼；担忧
care or worry; a burden of anxiety
烦恼；忧虑；(使)烦恼；(使)忧虑
v disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
The news of the accident added a new cark to her already heavy heart.
事故的消息给她本已沉重的心又添了一份忧虑。
用法提示：这里cark是名词，表示“忧虑、烦恼”，作宾语。
He tried to hide his cark behind a smile, but his tired eyes gave it away.
他试图用微笑掩饰内心的烦恼，但疲惫的眼神却暴露了它。
用法提示：cark作名词，意为“烦恼”，在句中作宾语。
She finally talked to a friend and unburdened the cark she had carried for months.
她终于向朋友倾诉，卸下了压抑数月之久的担忧。
用法提示：cark作名词，指“担忧的负担”，作宾语。
cark 属罕用或古旧词，常以并列短语 cark and care 的形式出现，多见于文学语体。
She left behind all cark and care.
她抛开了所有忧虑和烦恼。
cark 作名词表示“忧虑、烦恼”，现代英语中更常用 worry 或 care 来表达。
The cark of daily life never left him.
日常生活的忧虑从未离开过他。
grammar · medium
易错句子She carked about her son's health all night.
正确表达She was full of cark about her son's health all night.
现代英语里 cark 是名词，指“担忧、不安的情绪”，不能像 worry 那样加 -ed 用作动词。要表达持续担心的状态，应把 cark 当名词用，如 be full of cark。
grammar · medium
易错句子Could you take cark of my cat while I'm away?
正确表达Could you take care of my cat while I'm away?
表示“照顾”的固定搭配是 take care of，其中 care 意为“照料”；cark 意为“忧虑”，不能构成这个短语。两词拼写相近，学习者容易混用。
care 是日常通用词，表示“忧虑”时常与 worry 换用，还可指“关心、照料”；cark 只作名词，属古旧或方言用法，现代英语几乎不用，也没有“照料”的意思。
cork 是具体名词，指“软木、软木塞”；cark 指“忧虑”。两词拼写只差一个字母，读音也相近，但意义毫不相干，写作时不要把 cark 误拼成 cork。
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