| 单词 | mess-around |
| 释义 | mess aroundregional note: in BRIT, also use mess about 1. phrasal verb If you mess around or mess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything. We were just messing around, playing with paint. [VERB PARTICLE] Stop messing about and go and buy one. [VERB PARTICLE] Boys and girls will enjoy messing about with any kind of machine. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 2. phrasal verb If you say that someone is messing around with or messing about with something, you mean that they are interfering with it in a harmful way. I'd like to know who's been messing about with the pram. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 3. phrasal verb If someone is messing around or messing about, they are behaving in a joking or silly way. I thought she was messing about. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for messIf you mess someone around or mess them about, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them, or by continually changing plans which affect them. [mainly British] Davison had pulled out of a move to his old club because they had 'messed him about'. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I think they've been messed around far too much. [VERB noun PARTICLE] mess around in American Englishmess about US 1. to be busy in a desultory way; putter around 2. Informal to become involved (with) Examples of 'mess around' in a sentence |
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