monkey n. 1.猴子;猿〔cf. ape〕;长毛猴的毛皮。 2.顽童;淘气精。 3.打桩锤;(制造玻璃等用的)小坩埚。 4.〔英俚〕五百英镑;〔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 为麻烦的问题等而苦恼。 have [get] one's monkey up = get a monkey on one's back 〔英俚〕生气,发脾气。 monkey money 〔美俚〕公司的临时股票;期票;外国货币。 vi. 恶戏,恶作剧,管闲事,干涉(with)。 vt. 学样,嘲弄。 monkey (about) with 〔美俚〕用…逗…玩;嘲弄;瞎搞,插嘴;打搅。 monkey with a buzz saw 〔美俚〕孤注一掷,好歹干一下。 adj. -ish 猴子似的;顽皮的。
He'd send him to white front garage for a left-handed monkey wrench . 他会叫他到白门面汽车修理店去拿一左旋活动扳手。
Ustable spanner , monkey wrench 活扳子,活络扳手
A federal judge threw a monkey wrench into the project to build a new oil refinery on the river 新闻报道说: “联邦法官终止了在河上修建新的炼油厂的工程。
We were about to begin construction on the building but the contractor threw a monkey wrench into the project 这幢楼我们正要动工,承包商却从中作梗,使工程没法继续。
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 这一理论的主要依据在于普通的灰松鼠,它们可以惊人地存活二十年,并且还有大量的端粒酶表达。
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,英格兰银行拿出钳子,疏通了一部分,即隔夜资金拆出利率和官方基准利率的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号,英国央行拿出其管钳,修理一个部分,即那位于隔夜拆贷及其官方利率之间的0 . 5 %利差。
英文解释
adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw 同义词:monkey-wrench,