Word · Frequency #20340
pranks
恶作剧；开玩笑
pranks is the plural of prank.
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
- 1.
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
恶作剧或顽皮的把戏。
- 2.
acting like a clown or buffoon
小丑般的滑稽行为
- 3.
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
为取乐而做的滑稽恶作剧
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
In use
The students played a harmless prank on their teacher by hiding her chalk.
His April Fools' prank involved putting fake spiders in the office drawer.
She laughed off the prank, but she was actually quite embarrassed.
Connections
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
- 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。
Learner notes
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。
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。
Grammar Note
常用于‘play a prank on someone’这一结构。
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.
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.