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●ˌmess aˈround 🔑 (BrE also ˌmess aˈbout) (informal) 1. (with sb/sth) to spend time and enjoy yourself doing sth with no particular purpose 闲着；自娱◆We just messed around at home all day.
我们一整天都在家里享清闲。◆Children love to mess about in water.
儿童喜欢嬉水。2. (with sb/sth) to behave in a silly way, especially when you should be working or doing sth else 胡闹；瞎混◆He was messing around in class.
他在课堂上捣乱。◆She messed about all year and failed her exams.
她一年到头在鬼混，结果考砸了。◆Stop messing around with Tony and get on with your work.
别和托尼瞎混了，快干活吧。◆‘They fixed that quickly!’ ‘Yeah, they don’t mess around.’ (= they do things quickly)
“他们很快就修好了！”“是啊，他们不磨洋工。”3. to joke, to say silly things 开玩笑；胡说◆I’m not messing about, it’s true!
我不开玩笑，这是真的！SYN kid around (informal) SYN muck about/around (BrE) ➡ see also mess around with sth[v + adv] |