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BNC: 5405 COCA: 4558

monkey

1 monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ noun
plural monkeys
1 monkey
/ˈmʌŋki/
noun
plural monkeys
Learner's definition of MONKEY
[count]
: a type of animal that is closely related to apes and humans and that has a long tail and usually lives in trees see also rhesus monkey
chiefly British : a person (especially a child) who causes trouble in a playful way调皮捣蛋的人(尤指儿童)

a monkey on your back

: a problem that you cannot easily get rid of or solve : a problem or situation that makes you unhappy and that lasts for a long time难题;困境

make a monkey out of

informal
: to cause (someone) to look very foolish : to make a fool out of (someone)把(某人)当猴耍;愚弄

more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys

see 1barrel

not give a monkey's

British, informal
: to not care at all about something.毫不关心;毫不在乎
see also grease monkey
2 monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ verb
monkeys; monkeyed; monkeying
2 monkey
/ˈmʌŋki/
verb
monkeys; monkeyed; monkeying
Learner's definition of MONKEY

monkey around

[phrasal verb] informal or British monkey about
: to do things that are not useful or serious : to waste time混日子
monkey around/about with (something) informal
: to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious瞎弄
: to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way胡乱摆弄;瞎倒腾

monkey with

[phrasal verb]
monkey with (something) informal
: to handle or play with (something) in a careless way : to monkey around with (something)胡乱摆弄;瞎倒腾
BNC: 5405 COCA: 4558

monkey

1 of 2

noun

mon·​key ˈməŋ-kē How to pronounce monkey (audio)
plural monkeys
1
: a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers
especially : any of the smaller longer-tailed catarrhine or platyrrhine primates as contrasted with the apes
2
a
: a person resembling a monkey
b
: a ludicrous figure : dupe
3
: any of various machines, implements, or vessels
especially : the falling weight of a pile driver
4
: a desperate desire for or addiction to drugs
often used in the phrase monkey on one's back
broadly : a persistent or annoying encumbrance or problem

monkey

2 of 2

verb

monkeyed; monkeying

intransitive verb

1
: to act in a grotesque or mischievous manner
2
a
: fool, trifle
often used with around
he likes to monkey around with engines
b
: tamper
usually used with with
don't monkey with the settings

Example Sentences

Noun He's quite a cheeky little monkey, isn't he? I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
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Verb
With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan. Valerie Demicheva And Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021 But this experiment isn't about monkeying around—this a real security and safety hazard, the researchers point out in a new paper. Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2020 To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019 To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019 To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019 To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019 To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019 Wayne Newton‘s pet likely won’t be monkeying around any longer. Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably of Low German origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, probably of Romance origin; akin to Old Spanish mona monkey

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1658, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of monkey was circa 1530
BNC: 5405 COCA: 4558
monkey

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF MONKEYS | MONKEY + VERB ADJECTIVEcapuchin, howler, rhesus, etc.捲尾猴、吼猴、獼猴等... OF MONKEYShorde, troop一群猴子MONKEY + VERBchatter猴子吱吱叫hang, swing猴子吊掛;猴子蕩來蕩去monkeys swinging from branch to branch在樹枝間蕩來蕩去的猴子

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