English-Thai Dictionary
monkey
N ลิง primate lemur ling
monkey
N เด็ก ซุกซน dek-suek-son
monkey
SL 500 ปอนด์ pon
monkey
SL ผู้ติดยา ขี้ยา phu-tid-ya
monkey
VT เลียนแบบ lian-beab
monkey about / around
PHRV เล่น จน ทำลาย หรือ ทำร้าย len-jon-tam-lai-rue-tam-rai
monkey bread
N ผลไม้ ของ ต้น baobab ที่ ลิง ชอบ กิน
monkey business
IDM สิ่ง ไม่ชอบมาพากล เรื่อง ไม่ น่าไว้ใจ สิ่ง ไม่ดี สิ่ง แปลก sing-ti-mai-chob-ma-pa-kon
monkey business
SL เรื่องตลก เรื่องไร้สาระ การ เล่นตลก ruang-ta-lok
monkey with
PHRV ทำให้ ยุ่งเหยิง meddle with tam-hai-yung-yeng
monkey wrench
N กุญแจเลื่อน kun-jea-luan
monkey wrench
N กุญแจเลื่อนช นิดหนึ่ง
monkeypot
N เปลือก เมล็ด พวก Lecythis พบ แถบ อเมริกาใต้
monkeyshine
N การ เล่น คะนอง การ เล่น ไม่ รู้เรื่อง kan-len-ka-nong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MONKEY
n.The popular name of the ape and baboon. But in zoology, monkey is more properly the name of those animals of the genus Simia, which have long tails. Ray distributes animals of this kind into three classes; apes which have no tails; monkeys with long tails; and baboons with short tails. 1. A name of contempt or of slight kindness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MONKEY
Mon "key, n.; pl. Monkeys. Etym: [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It. monnino,dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See Madonna. ]
1. (Zoöl.) (a ) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. (b ) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.(c ) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet ) exclusive of apes and baboons.
Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: (a ) Catarrhines, or Simidæ. These have an oblong head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old World. (b ) Platyrhines, or Cebidæ. These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. These are natives of the New World. (c ) Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for mischievous child. This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her. Shak.
3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. Monkey boat. (Naut. ) (a ) A small boat used in docks. (b ) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames. -- Monkey block (Naut. ), a small single block strapped with a swivel. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Monkey flower (Bot. ), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray. -- Monkey gaff (Naut. ), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. -- Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors. -- Monkey rail (Naut. ), a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. -- Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.] -- Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. Saintsbury. -- Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. -- Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
MONKEY
MONKEY Mon "key, v. t. & i.
Defn: To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner. To monkey with, to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq. ]
MONKEY-BREAD
MONKEY-BREAD Mon "key-bread `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.
MONKEY-CUP
MONKEY-CUP Mon "key-cup `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: See Nepenthes.
MONKEY-POT
MONKEY-POT Mon "key-pot `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo ), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.
MONKEY'S PUZZLE
MONKEY'S PUZZLE Mon "key's puz "zle. (Bot. )
Defn: A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata ), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb. " The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called piñon by the Chilians.
MONKEYTAIL
MONKEYTAIL Mon "key *tail `, n. (Naut. )
Defn: A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. Totten.
New American Oxford Dictionary
monkey
mon key |ˈməNGkē ˈməŋki | ▶noun ( pl. monkeys ) 1 a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries. [Families Cebidae and Callitrichidae (or Callithricidae ) (New World monkeys, with prehensile tails ), and Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys, without prehensile tails ).] • (in general use ) any primate. • a mischievous person, esp. a child: where have you been, you little monkey! • a person who is dominated or controlled by another (with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ grinder ). 2 a pile-driving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove. ▶verb ( monkeys, monkeying, monkeyed ) [ no obj. ] (monkey around /about ) behave in a silly or playful way. • (monkey with ) tamper with: don't monkey with that lock! • [ with obj. ] archaic ape; mimic. PHRASES make a monkey of (or out of ) someone humiliate someone by making them appear ridiculous. a monkey on one's back informal a burdensome problem. • a dependence on drugs. DERIVATIVES mon key ish adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.
monkey bars
mon key bars ▶plural noun a piece of playground equipment consisting of a horizontally mounted overhead ladder, from which children may swing.
monkey bread
mon key bread ▶noun the baobab tree or its fruit.
monkey business
mon key busi ness |ˈməŋki ˌbɪznɪs | ▶noun informal mischievous or deceitful behavior.
monkey flower
mon key flow er ▶noun a plant of boggy ground, having yellow or red tubular, often spotted flowers. [Genus Mimulus, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, in particular M. guttatus. ]
monkey jacket
mon key jack et ▶noun a short, close-fitting jacket worn by sailors or waiters or by officers in their mess.
monkey nut
mon ¦key nut ▶noun Brit. a peanut.
monkey orange
mon ¦key or ¦ange ▶noun S. African a small evergreen tree of warm climates, which bears a hard-shelled edible fruit with poisonous seeds. ●Genus Strychnos, family Loganiaceae: two species.
monkeypox
mon key pox |ˈməNGkēˌpäks ˈməŋkipɑks | ▶noun a viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
monkey puzzle
mon key puz zle |ˈməŋki ˈpəzəl |(also monkey puzzle tree ) ▶noun an evergreen coniferous tree with branches covered in spirals of tough, spiny, leaflike scales, native to Chile. [Araucaria araucana, family Araucariaceae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: said to be so named in response to a remark that an attempt to climb the tree would puzzle a monkey.
monkey rope
mon ¦key rope ▶noun S. African a liana.
monkeyshines
mon key shines |ˈməNGkēˌSHīnz ˈməŋkiˌʃaɪnz | ▶plural noun informal mischievous behavior.
monkey suit
mon key suit ▶noun informal a man's evening dress or formal suit.
monkey's wedding
monkey's wed |ding ▶noun S. African informal simultaneous rain and sunshine. ORIGIN perhaps based on Portuguese casamento de rapôsa ‘vixen's wedding ’, in the same sense.
monkey tricks
mon ¦key tricks ▶plural noun Brit. informal mischievous behaviour.
monkey wrench
mon key wrench |ˈməŋki ˌrɛntʃ | ▶noun an adjustable wrench with large jaws that has its adjusting screw contained in the handle. ▶verb ( monkeywrench ) [ with obj. ] informal sabotage (something ), esp. as a form of protest: (as noun monkeywrenching ) : the five defendants who received jail sentences for monkeywrenching. PHRASES a monkey wrench in the works (or schedule, plan, etc. ) a person or thing that prevents the successful implementation of a plan: even he couldn't throw a monkey wrench into the works | a cancellation can throw a real monkey wrench into the schedule. DERIVATIVES mon key wrench er noun
Oxford Dictionary
monkey
mon ¦key |ˈmʌŋki | ▶noun ( pl. monkeys ) 1 a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries. ●Families Cebidae and Callitrichidae (or Callithricidae ) (New World monkeys, often with prehensile tails ), and Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys, without prehensile tails ). • (in general use ) any primate. • a mischievous person, especially a child: where have you been, you little monkey! • a person who is dominated or controlled by another (with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ-grinder ). 2 Brit. informal a sum of £500. 3 (also monkey engine ) a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove. ▶verb ( monkeys, monkeying, monkeyed ) 1 [ no obj. ] (monkey about /around ) behave in a silly or playful way. • (monkey with ) tamper with: don't monkey with that lock! 2 [ with obj. ] archaic ape; mimic. PHRASES as artful (or clever ) as a wagonload (or cartload ) of monkeys Brit. informal extremely clever or mischievous. make a monkey of (or out of ) someone humiliate someone by making them appear ridiculous. a monkey on one's back informal a burdensome problem. • a dependence on drugs. not give (or care ) a monkey's Brit. informal be completely indifferent or unconcerned: he doesn't give a monkey's what we think about him. DERIVATIVES monkeyish adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.
monkey bars
mon ¦key bars ▶plural noun a piece of playground equipment consisting of a horizontally mounted overhead ladder, from which children may swing.
monkey bread
mon key bread ▶noun the baobab tree or its fruit.
monkey business
mon ¦key busi |ness ▶noun [ mass noun ] informal mischievous or deceitful behaviour.
monkey engine
mon ¦key en ¦gine ▶noun see monkey ( sense 3 of the noun ).
monkey flower
mon ¦key flower ▶noun a plant of boggy ground, having yellow or red flowers which resemble snapdragons. ●Genus Mimulus, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, in particular M. guttatus.
monkey jacket
mon ¦key jacket ▶noun a short, close-fitting jacket worn by sailors or waiters or by officers in their mess.
monkey nut
mon ¦key nut ▶noun Brit. a peanut.
monkey orange
mon ¦key or ¦ange ▶noun S. African a small evergreen tree of warm climates, which bears a hard-shelled edible fruit with poisonous seeds. ●Genus Strychnos, family Loganiaceae: two species.
monkeypox
mon key pox |ˈməNGkēˌpäks ˈməŋkipɑks | ▶noun a viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
monkey puzzle
monkey puzzle (also monkey puzzle tree ) ▶noun an evergreen coniferous tree with branches covered in spirals of tough spiny leaf-like scales, native to Chile. ●Araucaria araucana, family Araucariaceae. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: said to be so named in response to a remark that an attempt to climb the tree would puzzle a monkey.
monkey rope
mon ¦key rope ▶noun S. African a liana.
monkeyshines
monkey |shines |ˈmʌŋkɪʃʌɪnz | ▶plural noun informal North American term for monkey tricks.
monkey suit
mon ¦key suit ▶noun informal a man's evening dress or formal suit.
monkey's wedding
monkey's wed |ding ▶noun S. African informal simultaneous rain and sunshine. ORIGIN perhaps based on Portuguese casamento de rapôsa ‘vixen's wedding ’, in the same sense.
monkey tricks
mon ¦key tricks ▶plural noun Brit. informal mischievous behaviour.
monkey wrench
mon ¦key wrench ▶noun an adjustable spanner with large jaws which has its adjusting screw located in the jaw that is fixed. ▶verb ( monkey-wrench ) [ with obj. ] informal sabotage (something ), especially as a form of protest. PHRASES a monkey wrench in the works see work. DERIVATIVES monkey-wrencher noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
monkey
monkey noun 1 the monkeys scampered up the trees: simian, primate, ape. 2 you little monkey! See rascal. PHRASES make a monkey (out ) of she made a monkey out of Clark in front of his friends: make someone look foolish, make a fool of, make a laughingstock of, ridicule, make fun of, poke fun at. monkey with don't monkey with those switches: tamper with, fiddle with, interfere with, meddle with, tinker with, play with; informal mess with. WORD LINKS primatology the branch of zoology concerned with monkeys and apes Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
monkey business
monkey business noun informal they better not try any monkey business when Ms. Bergdahl is around: mischief, misbehavior, mischievousness, devilry, devilment, tomfoolery; dishonesty, trickery, chicanery, skulduggery; informal shenanigans, funny business, hanky-panky, monkeyshines.
Oxford Thesaurus
monkey
monkey noun 1 simian, primate, ape. 2 where have you been, you little monkey! rascal, imp, wretch, mischief-maker, devil, rogue; informal scamp, scallywag, horror, tyke, monster; Brit. informal perisher; N. Amer. informal varmint, hellion; informal, dated rip; Brit. informal, dated pickle; archaic scapegrace, rapscallion. PHRASES make a monkey (out ) of make someone look a fool, make someone look foolish, make a fool of, make a laughing stock of, ridicule, deride, make fun of, poke fun at; set someone up, play a trick on. ▶verb informal PHRASES monkey about /around we were just monkeying around upstairs: fool about /around, play about /around, clown about /around, fiddle-faddle, footle about /around; informal mess about /around, horse about /around, lark (about /around ), screw around, puddle about /around; Brit. informal muck about /around, fanny about /around; Brit. vulgar slang piss about /around, arse about /around, bugger about /around. monkey with don't monkey with that lock: tamper with, fiddle with, interfere with, meddle with, tinker with, touch /handle without permission, play with, fool with, trifle with; informal mess with, dick around with; Brit. informal muck about /around with. WORD LINKS monkey simian relating to monkeys troop collective noun Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
monkey business
monkey business noun informal if they try any monkey business with me they'll soon find out who's in charge: mischief, misbehaviour, mischievousness, devilry, devilment, rascality, tomfoolery; dishonesty, trickery, misconduct, misdemeanour, chicanery, skulduggery; informal shenanigans, funny business, hanky-panky, goings-on; Brit. informal monkey tricks, carry-on, carryings-on, jiggery-pokery; N. Amer. informal monkeyshines.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
monkey
mon key /mʌ́ŋki / (! -o-は /ʌ /) 〖中世の動物寓話に登場するMartin the Apeの息子の名Monekeより 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 サル 〘普通尾の長い小形のもの; →ape 〙▸ Monkey see, monkey do .｟話 ｠(ばかなことでも )見るとすぐまねをしたがる 2 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例 形容詞 の後で 〗いたずらっ子 ▸ Are you defying me, you little monkey ?私に逆らっているの, このいたずらっ子め 3 ｟英俗 ｠500ポンド .4 ｟英俗 ｠(背中の )大きなこぶ .5 (くい打ち用の )落としづち, くい打ち機 (monkey engine ).a [the ] m ò nkey on one's b á ck 1 ｟米 くだけて ｠麻薬中毒 .2 やっかいなこと [問題 ].d ò n't [c ò uldn't ] give a m ó nkey's (sh ì t [b ù m, f à rt ])｟英俗 ｠ «…について » 関心がない, 屁 （へ ） とも思わない «about » (!don't, couldn't以外も使われる ) .g è t a [the ] m ò nkey off A's b á ck A 〈人 〉のやっかいな問題を取り除く [解決する ].I'll be a m ò nkey's ú ncle!｟話 やや古 ｠これは驚いた .m à ke a m ó nkey (out ) of A ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉を笑いものにする .動詞 自動詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠ふざける , (うるさく )遊び回る (around , ｟英 ｠about ).2 【使い方がよくわからない物などを 】いじくる , さわる (around , ｟英 ｠about ) «with » ▸ Stop monkeying around with the computer .コンピュータをいじくるのはやめなさい ～́ b à rs 1 ｟米 ｠〖複数扱い 〗雲梯 （うんてい ）〘小学校などにある遊具 〙.2 ｟英 ｠肋木 （ろくぼく ）(wall bars ) 〘器械体操の用具 〙.～́ b ù siness ｟くだけて ｠不誠実で愚かな行い ; いたずら ; いんちき .～́ j à cket (ぴったりした )短い上着 〘以前水夫が着た; 猿回しの猿の上着に似ていたため 〙.～́ n ù t ｟英 くだけて ｠＝peanut 1 .～́ p ù zzle 〘植 〙チリスギ 〘チリ原産; とげのある葉が密生していてサルも登れない 〙.～́ s ù it ｟やや古 おどけて ｠(黒の )正装用の服 ; 礼服 ; タキシード .～́ tr ì cks ｟英 くだけて ｠＝monkey business .～́ wr è nch 1 ｟米 ｠モンキー (レンチ ), 自在スパナ .2 ｟米 くだけて ｠じゃま ▸ throw a (monkey ) wrench in [into ] the works 計画をじゃまする
monkey-in-the-middle
m ò nkey-in-the-m í ddle 名詞 U ｟米 ｠モンキーインザミドル 〘3人でする遊び; 2人が投げ合うボールを間に立って取ろうとする 〙.
monkeyshine
m ó nkey sh ì ne 名詞 C ｟米話 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗(悪い )いたずら, 悪ふざけ ; インチキ ; トリック .
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