Antic

(noun.) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.

(adj.) ludicrously odd; 'Hamlet's assumed antic disposition'; 'fantastic Halloween costumes'; 'a grotesque reflection in the mirror' .

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• You'll be walking in your sleep next, my woman, and playing the whole round of your distempered antics. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Jane had been watching his antics in mild-eyed surprise. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• What antics might you be up to, hey? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• What will our friends think of us, who may chance to be upon the street and witness our frivolous antics? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• No use; nothing but queer chairs danced before his eyes, kicking up their legs, jumping over each other's backs, and playing all kinds of antics. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A feeling of repulsion, and of something akin to fear had begun to rise within me at the strange antics of this fleshless man. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The antics of the lad did not, however, delight Mr. Osborne's friends so much as they pleased the old gentleman. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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