n.

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

   二、三十隻猴子擠在粗大的樹枝上。

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

   別鬧了，你這小淘氣鬼！

3. 打樁錘[C]
4. 【俚】耍弄的對象，出醜的人[C]
5. 【美】【俚】毒癮[S1]
   We are helping him to get the monkey off.

   我們正幫助他戒掉毒癮。

vi.

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

   那對雙胞胎又在閣樓上胡鬧了。

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

   那些男孩在遊樂場胡鬧，結果其中有一個受傷了。

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

   別把收音機拿來瞎搞，否則你會弄壞的。

   He likes to monkey with old clocks and engines.

   他喜歡擺弄舊鐘和引擎。

vt.

1. 模仿，學……的樣
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.