monkey-shines

英文词源


monkey-shines (n.)
also monkeyshines, "monkeyish behavior, tricks, antics," 1832 (in the "Jim Crow" song), from monkey (n.) + shine (n.) "a caper, trick" (1835), from an American English slang sense perhaps related to the expression cut a shine "make a fine impression" (1819); see slang senses under shine (n.). For sense of the whole word, compare Old French singerie "disreputable behavior," from singe "monkey, ape."

双语例句


1. The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Come here, you cheeky little monkey!
过来,你这没有教养的小捣蛋鬼!

来自《权威词典》

3. Look! It's a monkey's wedding!
看!出着太阳还下雨!

来自《权威词典》

4. the monkey's prehensile tail
猴子能缠住东西的尾巴

来自《权威词典》

5. He made a monkey of me on the tennis court.
他在网球场上使我大出洋相.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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