larking
/lahrk/US // lɑrk //UK // (lɑːk) //
百灵鸟,云雀,百灵的,百灵通
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
- : any of various similar birds of other families, as the meadowlark and titlark.
Phrases
- lark it up
- happy as the day is long (as a lark)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Sam Clemens and John Briggs had run away from school and had been sky larking all that day, and knew nothing of the affair.
Sometimes he would go mud-larking, and seldom missed finding some treasure or other.
It was more likely that he disapproved of my "larking" with the American boys and giving them a glove to divide in bits.
The farm can't be run with decrepit men or larking boys, nor the war won with less than its full quota of soldiers.
Maddie was in one of her larking humours, and gave Joe quite enough to do to keep time with her.
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