释义 |
larkish, a. colloq.|ˈlɑːkɪʃ| [f. lark n.2 + ish.] Of the nature of a ‘lark’; frolicsome.
1823Spirit of Public Jrnls. M.DCCC.XXIII (1825) I. 75 She went to see the lamplighter's burying, and the folks were all very merry ‘and quite larkish, in a manner’. 1882Echo 29 Aug. 1/5 Foote lost his leg owing to amputation caused by a larkish exploit with the Duke of York. 1926F. M. Ford Man could stand Up i. ii. 32 The larkish freak of a school-girl. Hence ˈlarkishness.
a1893Sir A. Blackwood Records Life (1896) 14 One other exploit was the result of West's and my larkishness that half. |