monkey

monkey
(pl. -eys)

a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries
猴
Families Cebidae and Callitrichidae (or Callithricidae) (New World monkeys, with prehensile tails), and Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys, without prehensile tails)
卷尾猴科和绢毛猴科（具捕握尾）以及猴科（无捕握尾）
■(in general use) any primate
猿（统称）
■a mischievous person, especially a child
淘气鬼；顽童
where have you been, you little monkey!.
你上哪儿去了，你这小捣蛋！。
■(figurative)a person who is dominated or controlled by another (with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ-grinder)
(喻)受支配的人；受控制的人
(Brit. informal)a sum of £500
(英，非正式)500英镑
(亦作 monkey engine)a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove
锤式打桩机

(-eys, -eyed)

常用词组
as artful (或 clever) as a wagonload (或 cartload) of monkeys

make a monkey of (或 out of) someone

a monkey on one's back

not give a monkey's

(informal)be completely indifferent or unconcerned
(非正式)全不在乎，完全无所谓
he doesn't give a monkey's what we think about him.
他毫不在乎我们对他的看法。

派生
monkeyish
adjective
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