monkey

英 [ˈmʌŋki]

美 [ˈmʌŋki]

n. 猴子; 顽皮的孩子; 调皮鬼; 捣蛋鬼; 500英镑
vt. 胡闹; 捣蛋嘲弄

复数：monkeys　现在分词：monkeying　过去式：monkeyed　第三人称单数：monkeys　过去分词：monkeyed　

Collins.2 / BNC.5405 / COCA.4558

习惯用语

I don't/couldn't give a monkey's

我根本无所谓；我压根儿就不在乎
used to say, in a way that is not very polite, that you do not care about sth, or are not at all interested in it

make a monkey (out) of sb

brass monkeys

brass monkey weather

极冷的天气；天寒地冻
if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather , you mean that it is very cold weather

noun

猴子
an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. There are several types of monkey and they are related to apes and humans.
顽皮的孩子；调皮鬼；捣蛋鬼
a child who is active and likes playing tricks on people
1. Come here, you cheeky little monkey!
  过来，你这没有教养的小捣蛋鬼！
500英镑
£500

猴
Amonkeyis an animal with a long tail which lives in hot countries and climbs trees.
N-COUNT 淘气鬼;捣蛋鬼
If you refer to a child as amonkey, you are saying in an affectionate way that he or she is very lively and naughty.
1. She's such a little monkey.
  她真是一个小捣蛋鬼。

noun

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
one who is playfully mischievous
Synonym:impscamprascalrapscallionscalawagscallywag

verb

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
1. The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Synonym:puttermess aroundpottertinkermonkey aroundmuck aboutmuck around
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
1. Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
2. The reporter fiddle with the facts
Synonym:tamperfiddle

Then the monkey climbed to the tree and disappeared.
接着，猴子爬上了树消失了。
Monkey: This shirt is colourful, but it's too big.
猴子：这件衬衣是五彩缤纷的，但是它太大了。
He made a monkey of me on the tennis court.
他在网球场上使我大出洋相。
He said to a monkey, I'm hungry, Monkey.
他对一只猴子说，我饿了，猴了。
I am a monkey. I can run.
我是一只猴子，我会跑。
Monkey: I have to hurry. It's time for school.
猴子：我不得不匆忙。到时间去上学了。
I'm hungry! I want to eat the monkey! What? My teeth are gone!
我饿了，我要吃猴子！怎么了？我的牙没了！
Second, doing this type of work reduces you to a monkey, and although some of your work may be like this to pay the bills, why purposely pursue it?
其次，做这类工作会把你降格成一只猴子，虽然有时为了支付账单你会偶尔做一些这样的工作，但是为什么要刻意追求它？
A monkey is very alert in its movements.
猴子的动作很敏捷。
I suddenly realized that I had been made a monkey out of by my opponents.
我突然意识到我让对手们给耍了。