英语词汇“monkey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mon·key

(mŭngkē)

n. pl. mon·keys

a. Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes.

b. A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.

2. One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.

3. The iron block of a pile driver.

4. Slang A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool: They made a monkey out of him.

5. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin.

v. mon·keyed, mon·key·ing, mon·keys

v.intr.
Informal

1. To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something: Who was monkeying with my cell phone?

2. To behave in a mischievous or apish manner: Stop monkeying around!

v.tr.

To imitate or mimic; ape.

Idiom:

monkey on one's back

1. An addiction to a drug.

2. An object of persistent worry or obsession.

[Perhaps ultimately from Middle Low German Moneke, name of a young ape in the beast epic Reynke de Vos ("Reynard the Fox"), shortening of Simoneke, diminutive (used in punning reference to Latin sīmia, ape, monkey; see SIMIAN) of the Middle High German name Simon (equivalent to English Simeon and Simon).]

单词	monkey
释义	mon·key (mŭngkē) n. pl. mon·keys 1. a. Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes. b. A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use. 2. One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic. 3. The iron block of a pile driver. 4. Slang A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool: They made a monkey out of him. 5. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin. v. mon·keyed, mon·key·ing, mon·keys v.intr. Informal 1. To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something: Who was monkeying with my cell phone? 2. To behave in a mischievous or apish manner: Stop monkeying around! v.tr. To imitate or mimic; ape. *Idiom:* *monkey on one's back* 1. An addiction to a drug. 2. An object of persistent worry or obsession. [Perhaps ultimately from Middle Low German Moneke, name of a young ape in the beast epic Reynke de Vos ("Reynard the Fox"), shortening of Simoneke, diminutive (used in punning reference to Latin sīmia, ape, monkey; see SIMIAN) of the Middle High German name Simon (equivalent to English Simeon and Simon).]
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