mischief
/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪf/ 名词 B1中文: 恶作剧、罪行、促狭鬼
- Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance. · Drink led to mischief.
- A playfully annoying action. · John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.
- A nest or pack of mice or rats.
- A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
- The Devil; used as an expletive.
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It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps.
Tabaqui sat still, rejoicing in the mischief that he had made, and then he said spitefully:
“That was foolishness, for though Tabaqui is a mischief-maker, he would have told thee of something that concerned thee closely.
But he has done mischief, and blows must be dealt now.
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