skylark

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈskaɪlɑːk/    美 /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.
动词 v.
  1. To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks. dated
    — I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.

词形变化

skylarks plural skylarks present,singular,third-person skylarking participle,present skylarked participle,past skylarked past

词源

词源 1
From sky + lark.
Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.
词源 2
From sky + lark.
Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.
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