| 词汇 | mess about |
| 释义 | Idiom mess around (with sb or sth) and mess about (with sb or sth); monkey around (with sb or sth); screw around (with sb or sth) Theme: MEDDLE to play with or waste time with someone or something. (Slang.)Will you please stop messing around with that old car!Stop messing about! Get busy!Tom wastes a lot of time messing around with Bill.Don't monkey around with my computer!John is always screwing around with his stereo. Phr V mess about messes, messing, messed mess about/around informal to spend time playing or doing things with no particular purposeHe spends his weekends messing about in his boat on the Thames. informal to behave stupidly or to waste time doing unimportant thingsDaniel, will you stop messing around and tidy your room! mess sb about/around informal to treat someone badly, especially by changing your mind a lot or not doing what you have promisedI'm just tired of being messed around by men who don't know what they want.She's fed up with the guy she works for - he's messed her about so much. mess about1. To tinker or fiddle with something. Hey, don't mess about with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees. Grandpa's still messing about with that old radio, but I doubt he'll get it to work again. 2. To test or use something in order to learn more about it. I'm messing about with a different platform for my blog, and I can't decide if I like it or not. After messing about with it for a while, I finally got the hang of the controls. 3. To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting; to fool about. Quit messing about and work on your book report already, Scotty! It's no wonder we're falling behind schedule, with the amount you lot mess about in the office! 4. To tease or play a prank on one, often by trying to get them to believe something that is not true. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "mess" and "about." Come on, stop messing about. There's no such thing as ghosts. Don't mess your brother about like that—you know he's got an overactive imagination. 5. To make something disorderly or untidy. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "mess" and "about." Hey, I just got my hair styled—don't mess it about like that! Someone's been messing about the papers in my office, and I want to know who is responsible! mess about(with something) Go to mess around (with something). mess aboutverbSee mess around with someone |
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