monkeying

• vi.monkey的变形

monkey['mʌŋki]

• n.
  • 【动物】猴;猿(Primates目) [参较New World monkey, Old World monkey]
  • [口语]猴子似的人；淘气鬼；捣蛋鬼
  • 长毛猴的皮毛
  • 【机械装置】打桩锤
  • 小坩埚
  • 【采矿】(煤矿的)通风巷道
  • [俚语]耍弄的对象，出丑的人
  • [美国俚语]500美元；[英国俚语]500英镑
  • [美国俚语]毒瘾
  • [英国俚语](人背部的)隆肉
  • 猴舞(一种现代舞)
  • [澳大利亚俚语]绵羊
  • [俚语]摄影师
• vi.
  • [美国口语]胡闹，捣蛋；恶作剧；嘲弄；闲荡，鬼混 (about，around):

    The boys were monkeying about in the playground, and one of them got hurt.

    孩子们在操场上打闹，其中一个受了伤。

  • 摆弄，胡弄(with):

    You will break the TV if you don't stop monkeying about with it.

    你这样瞎弄，要把电视机弄坏的。

• vt.
  • 模仿，学…的样
  • 嘲弄
• 短语:
  • a monkey on one's back
    • [美国俚语]
    • 有吸毒瘾
    • 因吸毒而背上的经济(或精神)包袱
  • a monkey with a long tail 抵押
  • as tricky as a monkey 像猴子一样诡计多端，非常狡猾
  • be more trouble than a cartload of monkeys 见trouble
  • cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey [俚语、粗俗语](天气)冷得要命
  • get one's monkey up [英国口语]生气，发怒，冒火
  • get someone's monkey up =put someone's monkey up
  • get the monkey off [美国俚语]戒除吸毒恶习
  • get the monkey off one's (或someone's) back [美国俚语]解除自己(或某人)的负担
  • have a monkey on a house (或 up the chimney) 以房产作抵押
  • have a monkey on one's back
    • [俚语]
    • 毒瘾很深
    • 有甩不掉的包袱，有大难题，有无法承受的负担
    • [废语]生气，发怒
    • 怀恨别人，对别人耿耿于怀
  • I'll be (或 I am) a monkey's uncle! [口语](表示惊奇)天哪!哎呀!真想不到!
  • little (或 young) monkey [戏谑语]小捣蛋，小淘气
  • make a monkey (out) of someone [口语]使某人出丑，耍弄(或愚弄，戏弄，嘲弄)某人
  • monkey business
    • [美国俚语]
    • 不道德的行为；欺骗的行为
    • 无聊的行为；愚蠢的行为
    • 恶作剧；顽皮的行为
  • monkey's allowance 见allowance
  • monkey tricks
    • 恶作剧
    • 令人讨厌的行为
  • not to give (或 care) a monkey's (fuck) [俚语、粗俗语]一点都不在乎，完全无所谓
  • one's monkey is up [俚语]生气、发怒
  • put someone's monkey up [英国俚语、口语]使某人生气，激怒某人，触怒某人
  • suck the monkey
    • [航海俚语] 1.自瓶中饮酒；用椰子壳装酒喝
    • 用麦秆(或吸管)插入酒桶吸饮
  • take the monkey off one's (或 someone's)back =get the monkey off one's (或someone's) back
  • with one's monkey up [英国口语]生气，发怒
• 变形:

  n.monkeys

  vi.monkeyed.monkeying