monkey

['mʌŋki]

n.猴子, 猴一样的人
v.嘲弄,胡闹, 模仿
n.吸毒成瘾

n.

1. 猴子[C]

Twenty or thirty monkeys were huddled along the thick branches.

二、三十只猴子挤在粗大的树枝上。

2. 顽童[C]

Stop it, you little monkey!

别闹了, 你这小淘气鬼!

3. 打桩锤[C]

4. 【俚】耍弄的对象, 出丑的人[C]

5. 【美】【俚】毒瘾[S1]

We are helping him to get the monkey off.

我们正帮助他戒掉毒瘾。

vi.

1. 胡闹, 捣蛋; 鬼混[(+about/around)]

The twins have been monkeying about in the attic again.

那对双胞胎又在阁楼上胡闹了。

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

那些男孩在游乐场胡闹, 结果其中有一个受伤了。

2. 摆弄, 胡弄[(+with)]

Stop monkeying about with the radio, or you'll break it.

别把收音机拿来瞎搞, 否则你会弄坏的。

He likes to monkey with old clocks and engines.

他喜欢摆弄旧钟和引擎。

vt.

1. 模仿, 学……的样

2. 嘲弄

词形变化

名词复数: monkeys | 动词过去式: monkeyed | 动词过去分词: monkeyed | 动词现在分词: monkeying | 动词第三人称单数: monkeys |

词义辨析

同义:

n.猿, 猴子

simian  chimpanzee  ape  jackanapes  langur  guenon  macaque  marmoset  grivet  chacma  tamarin  sapajou  mangabey  lar  entellus  primate  rhesus monkey  spider monkey  orangutan

n.顽童, 淘气鬼

imp  puck  rascal  little devil  scamp

n.哑剧演员, 演员

mime  pantomimist  actor

n.笑柄, 抨击对象

laughing-stock  butt  target  fool  sucker  jest  joke

v.闲混, 瞎弄

fool  play  trifle  fribble  toy  fiddle  tinker  potter  putter

v.学……的样子, 仿效, 滑稽模仿

imitate  ape  mimic  mime  copy  simulate  duplicate  reproduce  impersonate  parrot  parody  mock  burlesque  

英英释义

名词 monkey:

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

one who is playfully mischievous

同义词：imp, scamp, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag

动词 monkey:

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

同义词：tamper, fiddle

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

同义词：putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey around, muck about, muck around

短语词组

get/put sb.'s monkey up

1. 使某人生气

What she said put his monkey up.

她所说的话使他生气。

monkey about

1. 胡闹; 瞎弄

Don't just monkey about.

别老是胡闹。

monkey with

1. 瞎弄

They warned us not to monkey with the machine.

他们警告我们不要乱动机器。

补充

monkeymonkey英:[ˈmʌŋki] 美:[ˈmʌŋki]n.1.猴; 猿Man and the monkey have many things in common.人和猿有许多共同之处。2.淘气鬼, 小淘气, 顽童There's been some monkey business going on here!有人在这里搞鬼！

例句

1. A tribe of monkeys were grooming each other.一群猴子正在彼此梳洗。 2. Chimpanzees are more closely related to people than to gorillas or monkeys.黑猩猩与人类的关系比与大猩猩或其他灵长目动物的关系更近。 3. She's such a little monkey.她是个小捣蛋鬼。 4. Mr. Brooks knows he has a monkey on his back and would like to think he’s trying hard to shake it.布鲁克斯先生知道他染上了毒瘾, 而且心里更愿意相信他正在努力戒掉。 5. a cocaine addict who was driven to rob by the insatiable monkey on his back为满足强烈的毒瘾而去抢劫的可卡因上瘾者 6. He looks cumbersome on the ball and Henrik Larsson could make a monkey of him.他带球时看上去很笨拙, 亨里克•拉森可以耍弄他一下了。 7. He said that they'd made a monkey out of me.他说他们耍弄了我。 8. I never bet more than a monkey.我下赌注从不超过500英镑。 9. Who gives a monkey's what he thinks?谁在意他想什么？ 10. I couldn't give a monkey's, matey.我不会在意的, 朋友。 11. I didn't give a monkey's about going to university.我对上大学完全无所谓。 12. a monkey foresail/bridge前桅方帆/驾驶台纵向天桥 13. 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。 14. 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。 15. where have you been, you little monkey!.你上哪儿去了，你这小捣蛋！。 16. don't monkey with that lock!.别瞎摆弄那把锁！。 17. he doesn't give a monkey's what we think about him.他毫不在乎我们对他的看法。 18. "He's quite a cheeky little monkey, isn't he?"他真是个厚脸皮的小捣蛋鬼，是吧？ 19. His drug addiction has been a monkey on his back for years.他的毒瘾多年来一直困扰着他。 20. He finally got the monkey off his back and kicked his drug addiction.他终于摆脱了困境，戒掉了毒瘾。 21. "After many years of disappointment, she finally got the monkey off her back by winning the championship."多年的失望过后，她终于靠赢得冠军摆脱了困境。 22. I'm not going to let that salesman make a monkey out of me!我不会让那个推销员把我当猴耍的！ 23. I don't give a monkey's about their problems!他们的问题我才不在乎呢！ 24. "We just monkeyed around [=fooled around, messed around] all afternoon."我们就整整瞎混了一下午。 25. a young scientist monkeying around in the lab在实验室鬼混的年轻科学家 26. He enjoys monkeying around with [=fooling around with] his car's engine.他喜欢瞎捣鼓他的汽车引擎。 27. You shouldn't be monkeying around with dangerous chemicals.你不该瞎鼓捣危险的化学品。 28. I told you not to monkey with [=fool with] the lawn mower.我跟你说过不要瞎摆弄这台割草机。