| 单词 | monkey trick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey trick monkey trick n. a mischievous, foolish, or underhand trick or act; an antic; usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > antic toy?1518 antics1570 murlimewes1583 monkey trick1653 dido1807 monkey work1830 monkeyshinec1832 monkey business1835 rannygazoo1896 1653 W. Denton Let. 13 Mar. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) vi. 203 Bringe it [sc. a colt] with you in your coach, and then she will teach it all her Monkey tricks. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xlvi. 235 His love for Charlotte made him play monkey-tricks, which lessened him in my eyes. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 315 Imitating by divers monkey-tricks, the holy ceremonies of the Mass. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart xxv. 184 He had warned Obierika that if he and his men played any monkey tricks they would be shot. 1993 18th-cent. Stud. 26 541 Other characters attack the targets that modesty prevents Evelina herself from attacking—Captain Mirvan's monkey trick being the most obvious final example. 2008 M. Savill tr. J. Delarue Gestapo i. 42 Admittedly the Nazis had never set store by legal ‘monkey tricks’, but the only time they tied to employ a full-scale, well-staged trial for their propaganda, their machinations turned against them. < as lemmas |
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