英语词源
- 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."
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. Come here, you cheeky little monkey!
- 过来，你这没有教养的小捣蛋鬼！
- 3. Look! It's a monkey's wedding!
- 看！出着太阳还下雨！
- 4. the monkey's prehensile tail
- 猴子能缠住东西的尾巴
- 5. He made a monkey of me on the tennis court.
- 他在网球场上使我大出洋相.