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- a small ground-dwelling songbird with elongated hind claws and a song that is delivered on the wing, typically crested and with brown streaky plumage百灵鸟, 云雀。
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- Family Alaudidae: many genera and numerous species, e.g. the skylark and shorelark.百灵科：多属, 众多种, 如云雀和滨百灵。
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- used in names of similar birds of other families, e.g. meadowlark［用于类似别科鸟名, 如草地鹨。］
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- informal a person who habitually gets up early, and who feels at their most productive early in the day〈非正式〉（认为一日之计在于晨而）习惯早起者。常与OWL 相对。
短语
be up with the lark
- get out of bed very early in the morning早起。
词源
Old English lǣferce， lǣwerce; related to Dutch leeuwerik and German Lerche; of unknown ultimate origin.
informal <非正式>
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- something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade嬉耍, 玩笑, 顽皮举动：
I only went along for a lark.
我跟着去只是找点乐子。
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- usu. with modifier Brit. used to suggest that an activity is foolish or a waste of time〈英〉愚蠢无益之举：
he's serious about this music lark.
他对这种音乐玩笑倒挺认真。
no obj.
- enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way嬉耍, 玩乐：
he's always joking and larking about in the office.
他在办公室总是开玩笑并打打闹闹。
派生词
larkiness
nounlarky
adjective词源
early 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect lake 'play'， from Old Norse leika, but compare with SKYLARK in the same sense， which is recorded earlier.