n.

1. 猴子[C]
   Twenty or thirty monkeys were huddled along the thick branches.

   二、三十只猴子挤在粗大的树枝上。

2. 顽童[C]
   Stop it, you little monkey!

   别闹了，你这小淘气鬼！

3. 打桩锤[C]
4. 【俚】耍弄的对象，出丑的人[C]
5. 【美】【俚】毒瘾[S1]
   We are helping him to get the monkey off.

   我们正帮助他戒掉毒瘾。

vi.

1. 胡闹，捣蛋；鬼混[（+about/around）]
   The twins have been monkeying about in the attic again.

   那对双胞胎又在阁楼上胡闹了。

   The boys were monkeying about in the playground, and one of them got hurt.

   那些男孩在游乐场胡闹，结果其中有一个受伤了。

2. 摆弄，胡弄[（+with）]
   Stop monkeying about with the radio, or you'll break it.

   别把收音机拿来瞎搞，否则你会弄坏的。

   He likes to monkey with old clocks and engines.

   他喜欢摆弄旧钟和引擎。

vt.

1. 模仿，学……的样
2. 嘲弄

n.

1. a small to medium-sized primate typically having a long tail and living in trees in tropical countries. [Families Cebidae and Callitrichidae (New World), and Cercopithecidae (Old World).]
2. a mischievous person, especially a child.
3. Brit. informal a sum of £500.
4. (also monkey engine) a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove.

v.

1. (monkey about/around) behave in a silly or playful way.
   ▸ (monkey with) tamper with.
2. archaic ape; mimic.