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horseplay

H 开头单词专八核心词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈhɔːs.pleɪ]
  • 美式音标 [ˈhɔːrs.pleɪ]
  • 国际音标 ['hɔ:splei]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 动手脚和大声欢笑的玩闹；恶作剧

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • They began to horseplay when the teacher put Mary up for the monitor.
    当老师提议让玛丽当班长时，大家开始哄闹起来。
  • If I recall, such good-natured horseplay happens in American elections, too.
    我记得这种非恶意的闹剧在美国选举史上也曾经发生。
  • Indians call it "playing colors" a jubilant scrum of horseplay and body painting.
    印度人称此为“色彩的游戏”，一群人疯狂的，尽情的喧闹和人体彩绘。

    • 权威例句

  • Lots of people—especially gym teachers—like to engage in a little horseplay with young boys.
    NEWYORKER: In Plain View
  • But the director, John Badham, reduces the potential Pirandellian horseplay to a series of lame Tinseltown in-jokes.
    NEWYORKER: The Hard Way

词组短语

    短语

  • No horseplay 请勿打闹
  • rough horseplay at weddings 同“闹房;新婚之夜;亲友在新房里跟新婚夫妇嬉戏逗乐;也说“闹新房”
  • No horseplay allowed 不能打闹

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • rough, noisy behaviour, especially when people push each other as a joke