| 单词 | mess around |
| 释义 | mess around mess around (UK ALSO mess about) (ACT STUPIDLY) — phrasal verb with mess /mes/ verb ► F0 to behave in a stupid or annoying way: » Stop messing about and listen to me!Thesaurus+: ↑Behaving in a silly way• • • Extra Examples:» Immediately after she'd gone, the boys started to mess around.» The children were driving me mad by messing around all the time.» Stop messing around - I'm trying to be serious.» He spent all his time at school just messing around. mess around INFORMAL (UK ALSO mess about) (SPEND TIME) — phrasal verb with mess /mes/ verb ► C1 to spend time doing various things that are not important, without any particular purpose or plan: » They spend their weekends messing around on their boat.» My brother likes messing around with computers.» He spent the day with friends, just messing about.Thesaurus+: ↑Avoiding action , ↑Laziness and lazy people• • • Extra Examples:» He spends all day messing around with the dogs instead of working.» Stop messing around watching the telly, and come and help me.» We spent the week messing around in the cottage.» I need to stop messing around and make some decisions. |
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