prank

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋk/|[ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋk]|/ˈpɹɛ̃ŋk/|[ˈpʰɹʷɛ̃ŋk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
    — play a prank
  2. An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception. obsolete
    — She played a cruel prank on him.
动词 v.
  1. To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone. transitive
    — “If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”
  2. To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.; To make a prank call to (someone). transitive
  3. To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees. slang,transitive
    — Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
  4. To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously. archaic,transitive
    — In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke
  5. To make an ostentatious show. intransitive
    — White houses prank where once were huts.

词形变化

pranks plural pranks present,singular,third-person pranking participle,present pranked past pranked participle,past prankt archaic,participle,past

词汇关系

近义词
caper capriccio curvet gag gambade high jinks lark marlock monkeyshine practical joke prank prat reak rag shenanigan trick windup
上位词
joke
下位词
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衍生词
prankage prank call pranker prankful prankish prankless pranksome prankster pranky prankee prankingly
相关词
bazinga gotcha missed call call collect caller ID phreak

词源

词源 1
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengʰ- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).
Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.
词源 2
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengʰ- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).
Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.
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