A skylark is a small brown bird that sings while it flies high in the open sky, especially over fields. You often cannot see it easily, but you can hear the song pouring down.

A skylark is a small brown birdskylark是一種棕色的小鳥 that sings while it flies high in the open sky會一邊在開闊天空中高飛一邊唱歌 especially over fields尤其是在田野上空 You often cannot see it easily你常常不容易看到牠 but you can hear the song pouring down但可以聽到歌聲從空中灑下來

The name is sky + lark: a lark of the sky. (A lark is a kind of songbird.) In Britain it is a countryside bird people know from walks and from poems; it is not a cage bird.

The name is sky + lark這個字名字是sky加lark a lark of the sky意思是「天空的lark」 (A lark is a kind of songbird.)（lark是一種鳴禽） In Britain it is a countryside bird people know from walks and from poems在英國牠是人們散步時或在詩裡認識的鄉間鳥 it is not a cage bird不是關在籠子裡養的鳥

Though actually the same spelling is also a verb, a little old-fashioned: to skylark means to play around and not be serious, especially when you should be working.

Though actually the same spelling is also a verb不過其實同樣的拼法也是個動詞 a little old-fashioned有點過時 to skylark means to play around and not be seriousto skylark意思是嬉鬧、不正經 especially when you should be working尤其是在應該工作的時候

Sailors were using it that way by 1809, and it may have mixed with an older northern word lake or laik, 'to play,' from Old Norse.

Sailors were using it that way by 1809水手們在1809年就已經這樣用 and it may have mixed with an older northern word lake or laik而且可能和一個更早的北方英語古字lake或laik混在一起 'to play,' from Old Norse意思是「玩」，來自古諾斯語

So a skylark in a poem is a bird; 'Stop skylarking!' from a ship's officer means 'Stop fooling about!'

So a skylark in a poem is a bird所以詩裡的skylark是鳥 'Stop skylarking!' from a ship's officer而船上軍官說的'Stop skylarking!' means 'Stop fooling about!'意思是「別鬧了！」