lark

• n. ひばり；陽気；愉快
• vi. 遊びに乗る；遊ぶ
• vt.だます
• n. （ヒバリ）人の名前；（東南アジア諸国の中国語で）liu.

語源不明。

lark (n.1)

"songbird," early 14c., earlier lauerche (c. 1200), from Old English lawerce (late Old English laferce), from Proto-Germanic *laiw(a)rikon (cognates: Old Saxon lewerka, Frisian liurk, Old Norse l?virik, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), of unknown origin. Some Old English and Old Norse forms suggest a compound meaning "treason-worker," but there is no folk tale to explain or support this.

lark (n.2)

"spree, frolic," 1811, possibly shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang "play rough in the rigging of a ship" (larks were proverbial for high-flying), or from English dialectal lake/laik "to play" (c. 1300, from Old Norse leika "to play," from PIE *leig- "to leap") with intrusive -r- common in southern British dialect. The verb lake, considered characteristic of Northern English vocabulary, is the opposite of work but lacks the other meanings of play. As a verb, from 1813. Related: Larked; larking.

1. The children thought it was a great lark .

子供たちはこれが面白いと思っています。

2.The boys didn 't mean any harm-they just did it for a lark .

その男の子たちに悪意はない—彼らはただ遊んでいるだけだ。

3.He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

ヒバリを檻に閉じ込めるのは残酷だと思っている。

4.Give a lark to catch a kite.

凧を取って、ヒバリを失った。dd>

5.Try the LARK method and see how it works for you.

LARK 法を試してみて、それがあなたにどのくらい役立つか見てみましょう。