mess around

英 [mes əˈraʊnd]

美 [mes əˈraʊnd]

消磨时间; 混日子; 乱弄; 瞎摆弄; 胡闹; 瞎闹; 恶劣地对待; 玩弄; 捉弄

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 mess about


• PHRASAL VERB 无所事事;混日子;闲荡
  If youmess aroundormess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything.
  1. We were just messing around playing with paint...
     我们只是玩玩油彩，打发时间而已。
  2. Stop messing about and go and buy one...
     别再磨蹭了，快去买一个。
• PHRASAL VERB 乱弄;瞎摆弄
  If you say that someoneis messing around withormessing about withsomething, you mean that they are interfering with it in a harmful way.
  1. Boys and girls will enjoy messing about with any kind of machine.
     男孩和女孩会喜欢摆弄各种机械装置。
  2. I'd like to know who's been messing about with the pram.
     我想知道是谁在瞎摆弄这辆婴儿车。
• PHRASAL VERB 胡闹;瞎闹
  If someoneis messing aroundormessing about, they are behaving in a joking or silly way.
  1. I thought she was messing about.
     我认为她是在胡闹。
• PHRASAL VERB 恶劣地对待;玩弄
  If youmesssomeonearoundormessthemabout, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them, or by continually changing plans which affect them.
  1. Davison had pulled out of a move to his old club because they had 'messed him about'...
     戴维森已经打消了返回原来的俱乐部的念头，因为他们“糊弄他”。
  2. I think they've been messed around far too much.
     我认为他们被耍得太过头了。

英英释义

verb

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  1. The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
  Synonym:putterpottertinkermonkeymonkey aroundmuck aboutmuck around

双语例句

• Don't mess around with it again, okay?
  别再在这个上浪费时间，好吗？
• All they every do is go uptown and mess around.
  所有他们所做的事就只是围着镇子走来走去。
• Don't do it. don't mess around.
  别做傻事。别再乱搞。
• Torsten: Do what you like, but I'm too busy to mess around with coupons and rebates.
  托斯特：去做你喜欢的事。但我太忙，没时间去弄优惠券和折扣券。
• Mess around, as in a liquid or paste.
  混合起来，在液体或浆糊。
• Mess around was a positive step for us, ray.
  “胡搞瞎搞”我们走对了路，雷。
• As the tool softens due to heat, it wears and Breaks down at the cutting edge or face. Don't mess around with sharp knives!
  在刃口因高温而软化的同时，刀具刃口便开始磨耗并损坏。不要摆弄刀口锋利的刀！
• If I'm on tour I wake up around2pm and I mess around on the bus writing songs until we go to sound check and play our shows.
  如果在巡演中的话我下午2点左右起床，在巴士上写歌直到我们去排练。
• Some young people simply mess around all day when they are supposed to be at school.
  一些年轻人不在学校却整天东游西荡。
• It is a full featured simulator and a lot of fun to mess around with.
  这是一个功能齐全的模拟器和无穷的乐趣，以更动。