英:['præŋkstə(r)]
美:[ˈpræŋkstɚ]
英:['præŋkstə(r)]
美:[ˈpræŋkstɚ]
prank·ster
praengk str
词根:prank
adj.prankish 恶作剧的
n.prank 恶作剧,开玩笑;戏谑
vi.prank 炫耀自己;胡闹
vt.prank 装饰;打扮
"爱恶作剧或喜欢恶作剧的人",1927年,美国英语,来自 prank + -ster。
The first known use of prankster was in 1910
prattleverb
prate
babble entry 1 sense 1a
pratfallnoun
a fall on the backside
prateverb
to talk at great length but with little meaning : chatter
prateverb
to talk at great length but with little meaning : chatter
praseodymiumnoun
a yellowish white metallic element used especially in alloys and in coloring glass greenish yellow see element
pranksternoun
a player of pranks
1 Erin is working on a children’s story about a fairy prankster who spreads the flu.
2 Or did you know that you were going to have to pull in different perspectives, because he was sort of is a known prankster?
3 Clowns, as pranksters, jesters, jokers, harlequins, and mythologized tricksters have been around for ages.
4 The late-night host, professional prankster, and sometime Academy Awards emcee agreed he was an odd choice, but his shaken, tearful delivery set the tone for the deep emotions that were to follow.
5 For all his deceptiveness, Mr. Gandhi is not an egomaniacal prankster but a benign teacher whose “mirror” philosophy involves uniting the everyday self with the ideal self.
6 The 70-year-old shares traits of both utilitarian and prankster.
这位70岁的发明家集实用与搞怪于一身。
7 But even Mr. Franco is probably no match for the impending radiance of Loren and Eddie, a sunbeam no Hollywood prankster, real or fictional, can disrupt.
8 "Compliment the 33 prankster," said Nyberg, who even suggested sending a thank you note.
“要赞美那个开玩笑的人,”纽伯格说,他甚至还建议大家给对方寄一张感谢卡。
9 Bad guys are pranksters, crossbows shoot foam darts and wickedness is no match for Christmas warmth.
10 The next day, MIT pranksters celebrated the wins by lighting the windows of the campus’s Green Building in the pattern of an Oscar statuette.
11 “Dark Night” may end up being the final document on the ineffectiveness of Danger Mouse, a better conceptualist and prankster than producer.
12 During his playing years, Năstase was a notorious prankster who seemed as determined to get a rise out of his opponents as to best them on the court.
13 With his gentile friend Zdenek he earned admittance to a club of pranksters by lying down in the midst of a busy road, casually telling concerned passers-by that they were “just a little tired.”
14 These political pranksters then explained to the waiting reporters the connections among money, poverty and war.
15 A documentary about the continuing exploits of the anticorporate prankster activists the Yes Men.
16 Posing as the president’s son-in-law, the prankster asked Lowell in an email whether he should delete some “adult content” that was on his private email account as a result of “some exchanges” with a website.
17 The alleged sightings spread north and caused panicked passersby to chase some pranksters.
18 Such behaviour might make Brodkin seem like the worst kind of prankster but it doesn't reflect the high levels of craft in his work.
19 Police say they are investigating whether something's wrong with her phone or if Couric is the victim of a high-tech prankster.
20 Paris Hilton is reportedly looking into suing an Egyptian prankster and the creators of his TV show for emotional distress she experienced during a horrifying airplane stunt they pulled.
3 好恶作剧的
4 搞恶作剧的人
5 开玩笑者