monkey n. 1.猴子;猿〔cf. ape〕;長毛猴的毛皮。 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〕公司的臨時股票;期票;外國貨幣。 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。
He'd send him to white front garage for a left-handed monkey wrench . 他會叫他到白門面汽車修理店去拿一左旋活動扳手。
Ustable spanner , monkey wrench 活扳子,活絡(luò)扳手
A federal judge threw a monkey wrench into the project to build a new oil refinery on the river 新聞報道說: “聯(lián)邦法官終止了在河上修建新的煉油廠的工程。
We were about to begin construction on the building but the contractor threw a monkey wrench into the project 這幢樓我們正要動工,承包商卻從中作梗,使工程沒法繼續(xù)。
The great monkey wrench in that theory was the common gray squirrel , which lives an amazing two decades , yet also expresses telomerase in great quantity 這一理論的主要依據(jù)在于普通的灰松鼠,它們可以驚人地存活二十年,并且還有大量的端粒酶表達。
On september 5th the bank of england got its monkey wrench out and tackled one issue , the half - percentage - point gap between overnight lending rates and its official benchmark 9月5日,英格蘭銀行拿出鉗子,疏通了一部分,即隔夜資金拆出利率和官方基準(zhǔn)利率的0 . 5利差。
On september 5th the bank of england got its monkey wrench out and tackled one issue , the half - percentage - point gap between overnight lending rates and its official benchmark 在9月5號,英國央行拿出其管鉗,修理一個部分,即那位于隔夜拆貸及其官方利率之間的0 . 5 %利差。
英文解釋
adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw 同義詞:monkey-wrench,