English Dictionary

April fool

名詞

A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day. / A practical joke played on April Fools' Day.

日本語の意味

エイプリルフールにおいて、冗談やいたずらの対象となる人。 / エイプリルフールで行われる、仕掛けられる冗談やいたずらそのもの。

He laughed when he realized he had been an April fool after finding the fake spider on his keyboard.

彼はキーボードの上の偽物のクモを見つけて、自分がエイプリルフールにだまされた人だと気づいて笑った。

意味（1）

A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day.

Coordinate term: May gosling

意味（2）

A practical joke played on April Fools' Day.

The best April fool ever perpetrated was 1 April 1698 and made a laughing stock of the gentry of London, great numbers of whom turned up in their carriages and finery at the Tower of London to 'see the lions being washed' as instructed on their gilt-edged invitation cards.

April fools （ plural ）