Word · Frequency #20340
prank
恶作剧；开玩笑
核心释义
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
- 1.
恶作剧或顽皮的把戏。
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
- 2.
小丑般的滑稽行为
acting like a clown or buffoon
- 3.
为取乐而做的滑稽恶作剧
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
滑稽可笑的举动；胡闹；恶作剧或顽皮的把戏。；小丑般的滑稽行为；为取乐而做的滑稽恶作剧；开玩笑
用法In use
The students played a harmless prank on their teacher by hiding her chalk.
用法提示：此处 prank 作名词，意为“恶作剧”，与 play 搭配使用，表示“搞恶作剧”。
His April Fools' prank involved putting fake spiders in the office drawer.
用法提示：prank 作为名词，指具体的恶作剧行为，前面有名词所有格修饰。
She laughed off the prank, but she was actually quite embarrassed.
用法提示：prank 作名词，前面用定冠词 the 特指某个恶作剧。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子The students played a prank to their teacher.正确表达The students played a prank on their teacher.
固定搭配是 play a prank on sb，介词只能用 on；汉语说“对某人搞恶作剧”，学习者容易把“对”直译成 to，但英语里 to 表示方向或接受者，与 prank 的搭配不成立。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- play a prank on someone
- 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。
- harmless prank
- 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。
- elaborate prank
- 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。
- prank call
- 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。
- prank goes wrong
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于‘play a prank on someone’这一结构。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with prank /præŋk/ because they share the stressed /æ/ and final /ŋk/. Beware lookalikes that sound different: 'prance' /præns/, 'park' /pɑːrk/, and 'prawn' /prɔːn/ do not rhyme with prank.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.