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| /ˈmʌŋki/ |
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| 1 | an animal with a long tail that climbs trees and uses its hands in the same way that people do 猴子 |
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| 2 | informal someone , especially a child who behaves badly but in a funny way rather than in an annoying way 猴子似的人；淘气鬼；捣蛋鬼 |
| Ooh, you little monkey! What have you done now? 嗬，你这个小淘气鬼！你又干什么了？ |
| | 2a | used for telling someone that they are not showing respect , when you are not really angry 无礼的猴崽子 | |
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| 3 | BRITISH very informal an informal word for £500 五百英镑 |
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| - | sb couldn’ t/doesn’ t give a monkey’ s BRITISH spoken
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| used for saying that someone really does not care |
| 一点都不在乎；无所谓 |
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| Who gives a monkey’ s where she’ s gone? 谁在乎她去哪里了呢？ |
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| - | make a monkey out of sb
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| to make someone seem stupid |
| 使某人出丑；愚弄某人 |
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