1. **Prank** -- 词义：精心策划的玩笑或恶作剧，常带有轻微欺骗性质 -- 语体：中性偏口语 -- 典型搭配：play a prank on sb.（固定搭配） -- 例：The college students staged a prank by filling the dean's office with balloons.
2. **Caper** -- 词义：欢闹的冒险行为，常带有刺激性和无恶意违法色彩 -- 语体：非正式（常出现在犯罪喜剧题材中） -- 典型搭配：p ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Prank】 , 【caper】 , 【antic】 , 【monkeyshine】 , 【dido】 mean a playful, often a mischievous, act or trick.
【Prank】 carries the strongest implication of devilry of all these words, though there is little suggestion of malice and primary emphasis upon the practical joke.
【Caper】 can suggest carefree frisking and bounding like a kid and is especially applicable to capricious or reckless escapades.
【Antic】 stresses the ludicrousness and grotesqueness of the movements, gestures, and postures rather than the spirit in which the acts or tricks are performed.
Sometimes, however, it suggests showing off.
【Monkeyshine】 may be applied to a 【caper】 or 【antic】 , but, especially in the plural, the term typically applies to behavior or a trick that attracts attention by its inappropriateness and often impropriety.
【Dido】 , also frequently used in the plural, applies to an absurd, foolish, or mischievous act and may come close to 【monkeyshine】 in suggesting obtrusive inappropriateness.
