| 单词 | monkey around |
| 释义 | monkey around (once / 113648 pages) v When you monkey around, you waste time. When you monkey around with something, you often fiddle with it in an attempt to fix it or figure it out. You might, for example, monkey around with your dad's broken computer. If a mother who's heading off to work warns her teenager, "Don't just monkey around today," she means that she wants her child to accomplish something worthwhile. If you monkey around, you might do a few random tasks, but mostly you're just fooling around. The expression comes from the way monkeys play: they don't accomplish much, but they have a lot of fun. WORD FAMILYmonkey around: monkeyed around, monkeying around, monkeys around USAGE EXAMPLESShe expects him to return to the Port Everglades area after realizing there aren’t any other monkeys around. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Too little is known about the human body to be monkeying around with genetics. New York Times(Aug 01, 2016) Humans spend less time monkeying around as they get older, and according to a study published Thursday, so do monkeys. New York Times(Jun 23, 2016) v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly Syn|Hypo|Hyper mess around, monkey, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker puddle mess around, as in a liquid or paste work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
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