| 单词 | muck around |
| 释义 | muck aroundregional note: in BRIT, also use muck about 1. phrasal verb If you muck around or muck about, you behave in a childish or silly way, often so that you waste your time and fail to achieve anything. [mainly British, informal] We do not want people of his age mucking around risking people's lives. [VERB PARTICLE] He'd spent his boyhood summers mucking about in boats. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] The last I saw of him though he was mucking about with the nurses and really enjoyinghimself. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] 2. phrasal verb If you muck around with or muck about with something, you alter it, often making it worse than it was. [mainly British, informal] The president's wife doesn't muck around with policy or sit in on Cabinet meetings. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for muckIf you muck someone around or muck them about, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them or by continually changing plans which affect them. [mainly British, informal] He does not tolerate anyone who mucks him about. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Examples of 'muck around' in a sentence |
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