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A prank is a trick you play on someone so they look silly, jump, or get a shock — usually for a laugh, not to steal. A child hides a friend’s bag; someone puts salt in the sugar bowl; a video surprises a stranger. That is a prank. Though actually, people argue about where the laugh stops and the harm starts: a kind prank is easy to undo and the person can laugh later; a cruel one is just bullying with a smile. It is an everyday word, not formal and not rude. You can also use it as a verb: to prank someone. Prank calls and April Fools’ pranks are common.
惡作劇
組成Origin uncertain. It may have grown from an older idea of dressing up or showing off, but scholars are not sure, so we should not pretend we know.
同家族的字
- prankstera person who plays pranks
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pranknoun/pɹæŋk/
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A practical joke or mischievous trick.
- play a prank
- pull a prank on someone
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obsoleteAn evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
- She played a cruel prank on him.
- Lilius Geraldus ſaith,that Hercules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of Hellebor,which an Anticyrian adminiſtred vnto him.
prankverb/pɹæŋk/
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To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
- “If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”
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To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
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slangTo call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
- Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
- I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?
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archaicTo adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
- In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II And there a Seaſon atween June and May, Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd, A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay, No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
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To make an ostentatious show.
- White houses prank where once were huts.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。