| 短语 | mess about/around |
| 释义 | mess about/around behave in a silly or playful way, especially so as to cause irritation 胡闹, 瞎闹。 ■ spend time doing something in a pleasantly desultory way, with no definite purpose or serious intent 闲荡, 混日子： messing about in boats. 划船消磨时间。 mess about/around1. handle or play with sth. carelessly 瞎弄；乱搞 * He won't allow anyone to mess about with his new bike. 他不许任何人乱摆弄他的新自行车。 * Tell the child not to mess around with the fire. 叫孩子不要玩火。2. behave in a foolish, noisy way 吵闹；胡闹 * The children were messing about in their mother's room. 孩子们在母亲房里乱闹。 * Who's messing about there and making such a noise? 谁在那儿胡闹，发出这么大的声响？3. engage in idle or purposeless activity 无所事事；鬼混 * I wish he'd stop messing about and get down to some serious work. 我希望他干点正事不要再鬼混了。 * They messed about on the beach most of the summer. 夏天的大部分时间他们都在海滨闲混。4. treat roughly 粗暴地对待 * The old man was very angry, because he had never been messed about like that by anybody all his life. 老人气极了，因为这辈子从来没有人对他这样粗暴过。 |
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