horseplay
英['hɔːspleɪ]
美['hɔrs'ple]
- n. 动手脚和大声欢笑的玩闹；恶作剧
助记提示
1. from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.).
中文词源
horseplay 玩闹，打闹嬉戏
horse,马，play,玩。可能来自儿童的骑马游戏。比较hobby horse.
英文词源
- horseplay (n.)
- "rough, excessive play," 1580s, from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.).
双语例句
- 1. Horseplay is OK at work as long as are off the clock.
- 马球是只要你的工作确定的关闭时钟.
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- 2. After the horseplay by the wicked students, the classroom floor was strewn with crumbled chalk dust.
- 那班顽皮学生闹著玩儿,捏碎不少粉笔,过后, 教室地板上撒满了粉笔灰.
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