| 词组 | fool around |
| 释义 | fool around 1. fool around/about to behave in a silly way for fun: ▪ We used to fool around a lot in class. ▪ a picture of the royal couple fooling around on the ski slopes ▪ Stop fooling about, will you! I'm trying to work! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess around/about informal, ↑muck about/around BrE informal 2. fool around/about to use something in a careless way that is often dangerous + with ▪ The fire was started by some children who were fooling about with matches. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑play, ↑mess around/about informal 3. fool around/about to have a short sexual relationship with someone else, when you already have a boyfriend or girlfriend, or you are already married - used to show disapproval + with ▪ He found she'd been fooling around with another man, so he shot her. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑play around/about 4. fool around • fool around sth AmE informal to go around a place, especially in a car, on a bicycle etc: ▪ There was a time when Gary Cooper fooled around town in a green Bentley Corniche. ▪ She fools around on a bicycle in her jeans. 5. fool around AmE informal to waste time doing unnecessary things, or do something much too slowly, especially when you should be doing something else: ▪ We have to go to Cost Co by five and he's just fooling around! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess around/about informal, ↑faff about/around BrE informal |
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