monkey n. 1.猴子;猿〔cf. ape〕;長(zhǎng)毛猴的毛皮。 2.頑童;淘氣精。 3.打樁錘;(制造玻璃等用的)小坩堝。 4.〔英俚〕五百英鎊;〔美俚〕五百美元。 have a monkey (with the long tail) on a house [up the chimney] 〔方言〕抵押房屋。 have a monkey on one's back 為麻煩的問題等而苦惱。 have [get] one's monkey up = get a monkey on one's back 〔英俚〕生氣,發(fā)脾氣。 monkey money 〔美俚〕公司的臨時(shí)股票;期票;外國(guó)貨幣。 vi. 惡戲,惡作劇,管閑事,干涉(with)。 vt. 學(xué)樣,嘲弄。 monkey (about) with 〔美俚〕用…逗…玩;嘲弄;瞎搞,插嘴;打攪。 monkey with a buzz saw 〔美俚〕孤注一擲,好歹干一下。 adj. -ish 猴子似的;頑皮的。
beach n. 1.(湖、河、海的)濱,海濱。 2.海灘,沙灘。 3.(水濱的)卵石,細(xì)礫。 take a walk along the beach 沿海濱散步。 on the beach 1. 失業(yè)的;窮愁潦倒的。 2. 【航?!繐?dān)任陸上職務(wù)。 vt. 使(船)沖上沙灘,使(船)靠岸;把(船)拖上海灘。 beach the landing craft 使登陸艇靠岸。 The storm beached half the fleet. 風(fēng)暴使艦隊(duì)的半數(shù)艦只擱淺。 vi. 船擱淺。 adj. 在海濱使用[穿用]的。
Monkey Beach is Eden Robinson's first novel, published by Vintage Canada in 2000. It was the recipient of the 2001 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, which is given to work by writers from British Columbia.