英 /ˈmʌŋki/,美 /ˈmʌŋki/ 。
猴子,猿:一种长尾灵长类动物,生活在炎热地区,会爬树。
淘气鬼,小淘气,顽童:指非常活泼顽皮的孩子。
<俚>耍弄的对象,出丑的人。
<美俚>毒瘾。
<英,非正式>五百英镑。
锤式打桩机。
胡闹,捣蛋:进行随意、无计划的工作或活动,或无所事事地消磨时间。
嘲弄,模仿。
摆弄,胡弄:秘密地或不诚实地玩弄、改变或伪造。
名词复数:monkeys
过去式:monkeyed
过去分词:monkeyed
现在分词:monkeying
第三人称单数:monkeys
猴子
The monkey is eating a banana. 这只猴子正在吃一根香蕉。
A monkey has a prehensile tail. 猴子有能盘卷住东西的尾巴。
淘气鬼
She's such a little monkey. 她真是一个小淘气鬼。
Come here, you cheeky little monkey! 过来,你这没有教养的小捣蛋鬼!
胡闹
It is dangerous to monkey around in the workshop. 在车间里胡闹是危险的。
The children were bored and started monkeying around. 孩子们都感到厌烦了,开始胡闹。
摆弄
Don't monkey about with this computer. 不要乱动这台计算机。
He likes to monkey with old clocks and engines. 他喜欢摆弄旧钟和引擎。
模仿
I have a pet monkey which attempts to mock all my actions. 我养了一只猴子当宠物,它试图模仿我所有的动作。
monkey business:胡闹,骗人的把戏;欺骗;恶作剧
例:I think there’s some monkey business going on. 我觉得有人在搞恶作剧。
monkey king:美猴王,孙悟空
monkey tricks:猴子把戏;耍猴戏;[口]恶作剧
monkey around:胡闹,捣蛋
例:It's dangerous to let the child monkey around with matches. 让孩子玩火柴,太危险了!
make a monkey out of sb:使某人出丑,愚弄某人
例:Sid made a monkey out of Pikachu by telling him to wear a suit to the party everyone else was wearing jeans! Sid 捉弄了皮卡丘,他告诉皮卡丘这个派对要穿西装出席,然而其他人都穿的牛仔裤!
monkey wrench:活动扳手;螺旋钳
get the monkey off:[美俚]戒除吸毒恶习
monkey see, monkey do:有样学样
例:It is a case of monkey see, monkey do. She does everything that her cousin does. 她就是东施效颦,她表姐做什么,她就做什么。
ape, primate