| 单词 | monkey |
| 释义 | monkey (once / 338 pages) nv A monkey is a tropical, long-tailed animal known as a "primate." If you visit India or Sri Lanka, you're almost guaranteed to see monkeys, but don't monkey around with them. Many monkeys live in trees, although some are ground-dwelling, and increasingly many live in urban areas, scavenging food and interacting with people. Monkeys are famously playful and mischievous, and because of this, monkey is a common diminutive (or fond nickname) for impish kids, and "monkey business" is foolishness or deceitful behavior. When you monkey around, or monkey with something, you fool about or fiddle with it. WORD FAMILYmonkey: monkeyed, monkeying, monkeys USAGE EXAMPLESWe’d say “that’s a lot of monkey business” were it not an unforgivable misuse of biological nomenclature. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) At the Brass Monkey, he swaps his Lagunitas for seltzer with a splash of cranberry and lime. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) She expects him to return to the Port Everglades area after realizing there aren’t any other monkeys around. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) Hypo|Hyper Old World monkey, catarrhine of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinianhairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails guenon, guenon monkeysmall slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face mangabeylarge agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids Erythrocebus patas, hussar monkey, patasreddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa baboonlarge terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles macaqueshort-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa langurslender long-tailed monkey of Asia colobus, colobus monkeyarboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs Nasalis larvatus, proboscis monkeyBorneo monkey having a long bulbous nose marmosetsmall soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails Cebus capucinus, capuchin, ringtailmonkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl Aotus trivirgatus, douroucoulinocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur howler, howler monkeymonkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry sakismall arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail uakarimedium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail titi, titi monkeysmall South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail Ateles geoffroyi, spider monkeyarboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail Saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkeysmall long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle woolly monkeylarge monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins primate any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet 2n one who is playfully mischievous Syn|Hypo|Hyper imp, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp brat, holy terror, little terror, terror a very troublesome child child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster a young person of either sex 3v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly Syn|Hypo|Hyper mess around, monkey around, 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 4v play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly Syn|Hyper fiddle, tamper manipulate hold something in one's hands and move it |
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