messing
翻譯
胡鬧, 瞎搞, 浪費時間
例句
There was a lot of messing about in class today.
今天課上有很多胡鬧的情況。
"No messing," said the coach, "we need to win."
「別鬧了，」教練說，「我們必須贏。」
文法模式
messing about/around 浪費時間或行為愚蠢的行為 There was a lot of messing about in class today.
no messing 不開玩笑，認真地 "No messing," said the coach.
近義詞
Synonyms: fooling around (胡鬧), joking (開玩笑), playing (玩耍)
詞源
動詞「to mess」（弄亂，搞砸）的動名詞形式。
記憶技巧
想像一下製造「mess」（混亂）的動作（-ing）——既可以是物理上的混亂，也可以是浪費時間。