lark

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lark [lark larks larked larking] noun, verb BrE [lɑːk] NAmE [lɑːrk]
noun
1. a small brown bird with a pleasant song
see also ↑skylark
2. usually singular (informal)a thing that you do for fun or as a joke
•The boys didn't mean any harm— they just did it for a lark.
3. (BrE, informal) (used after another noun)an activity that you think is a waste of time or that you do not take seriously
•Perhaps this riding lark would be more fun than she'd thought.

Word Origin:
n. sense 1 and
Old English lāferce lǣwerce Dutch leeuwerik German Lerche n. senses 2 to 3 and v.
early 19th cent. lake ‘play’ Old Norse leika ↑skylark
Idioms: ↑sod that for a lark ▪ up with the lark
Derived: ↑lark about
 
verb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. sense 1 and
Old English lāferce lǣwerce Dutch leeuwerik German Lerche n. senses 2 to 3 and v.
early 19th cent. lake ‘play’ Old Norse leika ↑skylark
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  escapade, pipit, titlark, meadowlark