messing
翻译
胡闹, 瞎搞, 浪费时间
例句
There was a lot of messing about in class today.
今天课上有很多胡闹的情况。
"No messing," said the coach, "we need to win."
“别闹了，”教练说，“我们必须赢。”
语法模式
messing about/around 浪费时间或行为愚蠢的行为 There was a lot of messing about in class today.
no messing 不开玩笑，认真地 "No messing," said the coach.
近义词
Synonyms: fooling around (胡闹), joking (开玩笑), playing (玩耍)
词源
动词“to mess”（弄乱，搞砸）的动名词形式。
记忆技巧
想象一下制造“mess”（混乱）的动作（-ing）——既可以是物理上的混乱，也可以是浪费时间。