n (1)猴，猿(kinds of animal with a long tail and hair belong to the same group as human being)[C]：M～s climb trees.猴子爬樹。Most kinds of～s are much smaller than man， and have tails. 各種猿猴類大都比人的身體小，而且都有尾巴。
(2)淘氣鬼(annoyingly or lively mischievous child)[C](infml)：a naughty/cheeky little～一個頑皮/無禮的小淘氣;Stop making that noise，you little～!別再弄出那么大的響聲，你這搗蛋鬼!～business/tricks 胡鬧/惡作劇;
(3)五百鎊(元)(500 pounds or dollars)(sl)：win a～贏500鎊;
vi
monkey about/around(v adv)胡鬧，搗蛋(vi)(infml)：Those boys/The children are always～ing about.這些男孩/兒童總是在搗亂。It's dangerous to～about in a workshop.在車間里嬉戲是很危險的。
monkey about/around with sth(v adv prep)擺弄(infml)：stop～ing about with the radio/those tools別擺弄那臺收音機/那些工具;
→′monkey-nut n花生;′monkey-puzzle n 智利南美杉;′monkey suit n 男子晚禮服;′monkey-wrench n活扳子，活動扳手