九. 猴——Monkey
monkey作名词时指顽童、淘气鬼,猴子似的人,易受欺的人。如:What are you doing, you young monkey !你在干什么呀,小捣蛋鬼!
monkey作动词时指胡闹、瞎弄、捣蛋。如:Stop monkeying about with the TV set !不要瞎弄电视机!
与monkey一词搭配的词组、习语和俚语很多非常有趣。如:put sb’s monkey up.使某人生气,激怒某人;Your last word has really put his monkey up.你最后一句话实在使他大为生气;又如:make a monkey of愚弄;a monkey with a long tail.抵押;get the monkey off.戒除吸毒恶习;have a monkey on one’s back.毒瘾很深。