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单词 mickey
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mickey1

(Australian, NZ mick) (also micky)
noun ˈmɪkiˈmɪki
in phrase take the mickeyBritish informal
  • Tease or ridicule someone.

    〈非正式,主英〉取笑,嘲笑

    they would take the mickey out of me with sickening enthusiasm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I accept that if you go back a few years there were individuals effectively taking the mickey of the ill-health process, and I agree that there should be more stringent measures applied now to ensure that genuine people go.
    • If you haven't seen the show you may not know the attitude, so I should point out that the whole thing is taking the mickey out of the reporting methods of the major news channels, with a fair bit of commentary.
    • ‘I used to stick up for her at school and in the town when people took the mickey out of her,’ said 17-year-old Debbie.
    • My family and most of my friends have been taking the mickey, but it is only because they don't know enough about the sport.
    • My fiancée's mother works at police headquarters and she has been taking the mickey out of me.
    • They liked irreverence, taking the mickey, politically incorrect humour, mockery, satire.
    • I do understand that it can be difficult dealing with male colleagues, especially if they are accustomed to mucking about and taking the mickey out of each other.
    • I wasn't really sure if I was taking the mickey out of her, or she was taking the mickey out of me!
    • The others love taking the mickey out of my accent, but they are a cracking set of lads, and from day one made me feel very welcome.
    • My other half has started taking the mickey out of my taste in TV programmes, noting that all I watch are ‘Long Ago’ documentaries.
    • So compulsive were his sketches, in which he mercilessly took the mickey out of his erstwhile colleagues, that at the age of 53 his public profile is higher than that of almost anyone in the shadow cabinet.
    • You had to try and block your mind off from what they were talking about because they were laughing and joking and taking the mickey out of me.
    • A PUB landlord took the mickey out of his MP neighbour's opposition to wind farms by erecting a mini-turbine in his back yard.
    • It's a joke; you fool about; they take the mickey out of you and it's fun.
    • I was terrified he might turn on me, and he soon did, calling me ‘Miss Prim’ and ‘Miss Powell’ and taking the mickey out of my clothes and accent.
    • His capacity for taking the mickey out of defences was also legendary even though he could be diffident in front of goal in a way that Finney would have found unnatural.
    • ‘I remember the professionals laughing and taking the mickey,’ he recalls.
    • The other lads took the mickey out of me because I spent my 21st birthday on patrol.
    • Watson says the band took the mickey out of people who took themselves too seriously.
    • I've already had one busy weekend with them and they're taking the mickey out of me, which is a good sign.
    Synonyms
    mockery, derision, laughter, scorn, scoffing, contempt, jeering, sneering, sneers, jibes, jibing, joking, teasing, taunts, taunting, ragging, chaffing, twitting, raillery, sarcasm, satire, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, parody

Derivatives

  • mickey-taking

  • noun ˈmɪkɪˌteɪkɪŋˈmɪkiˌteɪkɪŋ
    mass nounBritish informal
    • The action of teasing or ridiculing someone.

      〈非正式,主英〉取笑,嘲笑

      she had to suffer some mickey-taking at school
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Like a lot of kids around here Jade grew up without a dad, not a lot of money and she probably had to suffer some mickey-taking at school over being half-caste’.
      • Needless to say, despite the new-look the editors are adamant the mickey-taking will remain, plus ‘plenty of other stuff for the fans to chew over at half-time rather than just the pies’.
      • I had to put up with a lot of mickey-taking but it's over.

Origin

1950s: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

brickie, Dickie, hickey, icky, Nicky, picky, quickie, rickey, Rikki, sickie, sticky, tricky, Vicky

mickey2

nounˈmɪkiˈmɪki
informal
  • I bet some guy slipped me a mickey

    我敢打赌哪个家伙在我的饮料里偷偷下了药。

    short for Mickey Finn
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Trust means never having to slip a mickey to your mate.
    • Somebody slips me a mickey in the pub and I become a demon who thinks he's talking totally normally to people, but in fact it is all a grotesque noise.
    • As a direct result, a jaded criminal leaps from the back seat and slips a mickey into their beer while distracting them with a riveting game of chance.
    • The first five tracks sparkle with second-hand guitar lines from all three EPs, but with the welcome break of ‘A Cathedral at Night,’ My Favorite slips you a micky on the sly.
    • Greta here slipped me a mickey one night, and here I am.
    • In greedy desperation, Oberon plans to distract Titania by having his impish henchman Puck (the hirsute Stanley Tucci) slip her a mickey, causing her to fall in love with something repulsive.
    • Presumably, now that one can just buy them a damn beer instead of sneaking them a mickey, they should be able to get a record review that isn't prefaced with the critic's incredulity that such young'uns should be so focused.
    • I couldn't believe it this morning when I read it in the paper and all the radio stations, I thought I must have dreamt this, and who's dropped a mickey in my drink last night?
    • I should have slipped you some cyanide not a mickey.
    • Doctors told her she was drugged but did not know what with, and Stasi has no idea who might have slipped her the mickey or why.
    • And when I saw this hottie bit of hand leaning on the bar I slipped myself a mickey, and the next thing I know I was taking myself back to my place.
    • That mickey I was slipped stole a month of my life, and I'm not happy.
    • Do this for a couple of nights, and you may think someone slipped you a Viagra micky.
    • It had been so easy for Nick to slip a mickey into Jessie's drink.

mickey3

nounˈmɪkiˈmɪki
Irish informal
  • A man's penis.

    〈爱尔兰,非正式〉(人的)阴茎

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fella beside me says she's got it wrong about the feet, sure she has, the mickey dies first and everything else follows.
    • I told him it was simple: you have to show your mickey.

Origin

Early 20th century: pet form of the given name Michael.

mickey1

(also mick, micky)
nounˈmikēˈmɪki
in phrase take the mickeyBritish informal
  • Tease or ridicule someone.

    〈非正式,主英〉取笑,嘲笑

    they would take the mickey out of me with sickening enthusiasm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So compulsive were his sketches, in which he mercilessly took the mickey out of his erstwhile colleagues, that at the age of 53 his public profile is higher than that of almost anyone in the shadow cabinet.
    • If you haven't seen the show you may not know the attitude, so I should point out that the whole thing is taking the mickey out of the reporting methods of the major news channels, with a fair bit of commentary.
    • They liked irreverence, taking the mickey, politically incorrect humour, mockery, satire.
    • It's a joke; you fool about; they take the mickey out of you and it's fun.
    • The other lads took the mickey out of me because I spent my 21st birthday on patrol.
    • I've already had one busy weekend with them and they're taking the mickey out of me, which is a good sign.
    • My fiancée's mother works at police headquarters and she has been taking the mickey out of me.
    • I do understand that it can be difficult dealing with male colleagues, especially if they are accustomed to mucking about and taking the mickey out of each other.
    • ‘I remember the professionals laughing and taking the mickey,’ he recalls.
    • ‘I used to stick up for her at school and in the town when people took the mickey out of her,’ said 17-year-old Debbie.
    • My other half has started taking the mickey out of my taste in TV programmes, noting that all I watch are ‘Long Ago’ documentaries.
    • The others love taking the mickey out of my accent, but they are a cracking set of lads, and from day one made me feel very welcome.
    • I accept that if you go back a few years there were individuals effectively taking the mickey of the ill-health process, and I agree that there should be more stringent measures applied now to ensure that genuine people go.
    • Watson says the band took the mickey out of people who took themselves too seriously.
    • My family and most of my friends have been taking the mickey, but it is only because they don't know enough about the sport.
    • His capacity for taking the mickey out of defences was also legendary even though he could be diffident in front of goal in a way that Finney would have found unnatural.
    • You had to try and block your mind off from what they were talking about because they were laughing and joking and taking the mickey out of me.
    • I wasn't really sure if I was taking the mickey out of her, or she was taking the mickey out of me!
    • I was terrified he might turn on me, and he soon did, calling me ‘Miss Prim’ and ‘Miss Powell’ and taking the mickey out of my clothes and accent.
    • A PUB landlord took the mickey out of his MP neighbour's opposition to wind farms by erecting a mini-turbine in his back yard.
    Synonyms
    mockery, derision, laughter, scorn, scoffing, contempt, jeering, sneering, sneers, jibes, jibing, joking, teasing, taunts, taunting, ragging, chaffing, twitting, raillery, sarcasm, satire, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, parody

Origin

1950s: of unknown origin.

mickey2

nounˈmikēˈmɪki
informal
  • I bet some guy slipped me a mickey

    我敢打赌哪个家伙在我的饮料里偷偷下了药。

    short for Mickey Finn
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And when I saw this hottie bit of hand leaning on the bar I slipped myself a mickey, and the next thing I know I was taking myself back to my place.
    • Trust means never having to slip a mickey to your mate.
    • In greedy desperation, Oberon plans to distract Titania by having his impish henchman Puck (the hirsute Stanley Tucci) slip her a mickey, causing her to fall in love with something repulsive.
    • The first five tracks sparkle with second-hand guitar lines from all three EPs, but with the welcome break of ‘A Cathedral at Night,’ My Favorite slips you a micky on the sly.
    • I couldn't believe it this morning when I read it in the paper and all the radio stations, I thought I must have dreamt this, and who's dropped a mickey in my drink last night?
    • Greta here slipped me a mickey one night, and here I am.
    • Presumably, now that one can just buy them a damn beer instead of sneaking them a mickey, they should be able to get a record review that isn't prefaced with the critic's incredulity that such young'uns should be so focused.
    • I should have slipped you some cyanide not a mickey.
    • It had been so easy for Nick to slip a mickey into Jessie's drink.
    • Somebody slips me a mickey in the pub and I become a demon who thinks he's talking totally normally to people, but in fact it is all a grotesque noise.
    • Doctors told her she was drugged but did not know what with, and Stasi has no idea who might have slipped her the mickey or why.
    • That mickey I was slipped stole a month of my life, and I'm not happy.
    • Do this for a couple of nights, and you may think someone slipped you a Viagra micky.
    • As a direct result, a jaded criminal leaps from the back seat and slips a mickey into their beer while distracting them with a riveting game of chance.

mickey3

nounˈmikēˈmɪki
Irish informal
  • A man's penis.

    〈爱尔兰,非正式〉(人的)阴茎

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fella beside me says she's got it wrong about the feet, sure she has, the mickey dies first and everything else follows.
    • I told him it was simple: you have to show your mickey.

Origin

Early 20th century: pet form of the given name Michael.

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