horseplay

n. 动手脚和大声欢笑的玩闹；恶作剧

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.

horseplay (n.): "rough, excessive play," 1580s, from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.).

1. from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.).

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.