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an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. There are several types of monkey and they are related to apes and humans. 猴子 
Like humans, apes and monkeys live in complex social groupings. 像人类一样，猿和猴子生活在复杂的社会群体中。 The disease affects monkeys and humans in similar ways. 这种疾病以类似的方式影响猴子和人类。 A troop of monkeys crashed their way through the trees. 一群猴子在树林中飞奔。 Scientists visiting the island encountered a troop of wild monkeys. 参观该岛的科学家遇到了一群野生猴子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- capuchin
- howler
- rhesus
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- horde
- troop
- chatter
- hang
- swing
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a child who is active and likes playing tricks on people 顽皮的孩子；调皮鬼；捣蛋鬼 - (British English, slang)
£500 500 英镑 see also grease monkey
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.
Idioms
brass monkeys | brass monkey weather
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if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather 极冷的天气；天寒地冻
get a monkey off your back
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to free yourself of something that causes you worry or difficulty 解除忧虑；排除困难 The team have never beaten Germany and they'll be desperate to get that monkey off their backs. 该队从未打败过德国队，他们太想战胜这个对手，一吐心中的郁闷了。
I don’t/couldn’t give a monkey’s
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used to say, in a way that is not very polite, that you do not care about something, or are not at all interested in it 我根本无所谓；我压根儿就不在乎 I don’t give a monkey’s whether you want to come or not. 不管你愿不愿意来，我都不在乎。
make a monkey (out) of somebody
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to make somebody seem stupid 捉弄；愚弄