单词 | monkey |
释义 | monkey¹ 1.(long-tailed primate)猴(除原猴亚目猴以外的长尾灵长目动物) A tribe of monkeys were grooming each other.一群猴子正在彼此梳洗。 2.(any primate except man)(除人以外的)灵长目动物 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.(naughty child)淘气鬼;捣蛋鬼 She's such a little monkey.她是个小捣蛋鬼。 4.【机】+of pile driver打桩锤 5.to have a monkey on your back<美,加拿大,俚>addict +染上毒瘾 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。 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.to make a monkey of sborto make a monkey out of sb<俚>(make look like a fool)耍弄某人;愚弄某人;使某人出丑 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。 He said that they'd made a monkey out of me.他说他们耍弄了我。 7.<俚>(£500)500英镑 I never bet more than a monkey.我下赌注从不超过500英镑。 8.<美,加拿大,俚>($500)500美元 9.<澳,古,俚>(sheep)羊;绵羊 idiom monkey² ◆to give a monkey's<英,俚>在意 Who gives a monkey's what he thinks?谁在意他想什么? I couldn't give a monkey's, matey.我不会在意的, 朋友。 ◆not to give a monkey's about sb/sth<英,俚>一点都不在乎…;对…完全无所谓 I didn't give a monkey's about going to university.我对上大学完全无所谓。 <罕>模仿 Phrasal Verbsmonkey about,monkey about with,monkey around,monkey around with,monkey with monkey³ 【海】小型轻便的;便于随时使用的 a monkey foresail/bridge前桅方帆/驾驶台纵向天桥 |
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