play a prank on someone
collocation对某人搞恶作剧
The children played a prank on their teacher by hiding his chalk.
孩子们把老师的粉笔藏起来，对他搞了个恶作剧。
恶作剧；开玩笑
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恶作剧；开玩笑
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
The students played a harmless prank on their teacher by hiding her chalk.
学生们对老师搞了一个无害的恶作剧，把她的粉笔藏了起来。
恶作剧或顽皮的把戏。
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
小丑般的滑稽行为
acting like a clown or buffoon
为取乐而做的滑稽恶作剧
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
His April Fools' prank involved putting fake spiders in the office drawer.
他的愚人节恶作剧是把假蜘蛛放在办公室抽屉里。
She laughed off the prank, but she was actually quite embarrassed.
她对那个恶作剧一笑而过，但实际上很尴尬。
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对某人搞恶作剧
The children played a prank on their teacher by hiding his chalk.
孩子们把老师的粉笔藏起来，对他搞了个恶作剧。
无伤大雅的恶作剧
It was only a harmless prank, so no one got upset.
那只是个无伤大雅的恶作剧，所以没有人不高兴。
精心设计的恶作剧
The senior students planned an elaborate prank for the last day of school.
高年级学生为学期最后一天策划了一个精心设计的恶作剧。
恶作剧电话
The radio host received a prank call from a listener pretending to be the mayor.
电台主持人接到一个听众打来的恶作剧电话，冒充市长。
恶作剧出岔子
A YouTube prank went wrong and caused damage to a store.
一个YouTube上的恶作剧出了岔子，给一家商店造成了损失。
捉弄某人，对某人搞恶作剧
They played a prank on their teacher by hiding her chair.
他们藏起老师的椅子，捉弄了她一番。
搞恶作剧，耍把戏
My brother pulled a prank on me by putting salt in my coffee.
我哥哥在我咖啡里放盐，捉弄了我。
恶作剧电话
The radio station played a famous prank call on the morning show.
电台在早间节目里播放了一个著名的恶作剧电话。
只是个恶作剧，兄弟！
The phrase "It's just a prank, bro!" is often mocked when a prank goes too far.
当恶作剧做得太过分时，人们常调侃“只是个恶作剧，兄弟！”这句话。
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把 prank 想成朋友在你椅子上偷偷放气球，你一坐下去“砰！”一声，大家大笑——这就是一场恶作剧。
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友之间的玩笑、网络整蛊视频、节日玩耍 prank 作名词时多指无恶意的恶作剧或玩笑，通常用于日常口语、休闲场合，比较常见于朋友之间或网络视频中，正式书面语中较少使用。
常用于‘play a prank on someone’这一结构。
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