名詞 monkey:

1. any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
2. one who is playfully mischievous
   同義詞：imp, scamp, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag

動詞 monkey:

1. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
   同義詞：tamper, fiddle
2. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
   同義詞：putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey around, muck about, muck around

1. She keeps an unused stamp of monkey.
   她保存著一枚未曾用過的猴郵票。
2. He's as mischievous as a monkey!
   他像猴子那麼頑皮！
3. The monkey scratched about in its mate's fur for fleas.
   那只猴子在另一只猴子身上找跳蚤。
4. The monkey was hanging head downwards from the branch.
   猴子頭向下倒掛在樹枝上。
5. The little boy is as mischievous as a monkey.
   這個小男孩像猴子一樣調(diào)皮。
6. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
   樹倒猢猻散。

mon.key

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 mon.keys
Any of various long-tailed, medium-sized members of the order Primates, including the macaques, baboons, guenons, capuchins, marmosets, and tamarins and excluding the anthropoid apes and the prosimians.
猴子：任一種長尾、中等體型的靈長類動物，包括猢猻、狒狒、卷尾猴、狨和小絹猴，不包括類人猿和原猴類
One that behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.
象猴的人：行為舉止象猴的人，如淘氣的小孩或善于模仿的人
The iron block of a pile driver.
撞錘：打樁的鐵錘
Slang A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool:
【俚語】 受人嘲笑、愚弄的人：
例句：
They made a monkey out of him.
他們愚弄了他

Slang Drug addiction:
【俚語】 吸毒成癮：
例句：
have a monkey on one`s back.
某人有毒癮

v.（動詞）
mon.keyed,mon.key.ing,mon.keys
v.intr.Informal （不及物動詞）【非正式用語】
To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something.
胡鬧、搗蛋、瞎弄或弄亂某物
To behave in a mischievous or apish manner:
行為調(diào)皮或愚蠢：
例句：
Stop monkeying around!
別瞎胡鬧

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To imitate or mimic; ape.
模仿或模擬

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