fool around

(also fool about British English) phrasal verbphr v

a) STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto waste time behaving in a silly way or doing things that are not important 闲荡，游手好闲 SYN mess around

He always used to fool around in class.

他过去上课老是瞎混。

b) STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto behave in a way which is careless and not responsible 乱弄，瞎弄 SYN mess around

with

Some idiot’s been fooling around with the electricity supply!

不知道哪个傻子一直在乱弄电源！

c) American EnglishAmE to spend time doing something that you enjoy, but that does not have a particular purpose 玩耍 SYN mess around

The boys were out in the yard, just fooling around.

男孩们在外面院子里玩耍。

d) SYto have a sexual relationship with someone else’s wife, boyfriend etc 乱搞男女关系，鬼混 SYN mess around

She found out that he’d been fooling around behind her back.

她发现他一直在偷情。

Examples from the Corpus

fool with• This seems like a guy I can fool around with.• I fooled around with a lamb chop for a while, but decided I wasn't really very hungry after all.• Why fool around with money, or taking teeth out, when I might not enjoy it as much?• I make a policy of never fooling around with my clients.• Matt thinks his wife is fooling around with someone.• Augie and I are fooling around with them.• Stop fooling around with those scissors before you hurt yourself!

→ fool around at fool2(4)

词汇	fool around
释义	fool around fool around (also fool about British English) phrasal verbphr v a) STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto waste time behaving in a silly way or doing things that are not important 闲荡，游手好闲 SYN mess around He always used to fool around in class. 他过去上课老是瞎混。 b) STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto behave in a way which is careless and not responsible 乱弄，瞎弄 SYN mess around with Some idiot’s been fooling around with the electricity supply! 不知道哪个傻子一直在乱弄电源！ c) American EnglishAmE to spend time doing something that you enjoy, but that does not have a particular purpose 玩耍 SYN mess around The boys were out in the yard, just fooling around. 男孩们在外面院子里玩耍。 d) SYto have a sexual relationship with someone else’s wife, boyfriend etc 乱搞男女关系，鬼混 SYN mess around She found out that he’d been fooling around behind her back. 她发现他一直在偷情。 Examples from the Corpus fool with• This seems like a guy I can fool around with.• I fooled around with a lamb chop for a while, but decided I wasn't really very hungry after all.• Why fool around with money, or taking teeth out, when I might not enjoy it as much?• I make a policy of never fooling around with my clients.• Matt thinks his wife is fooling around with someone.• Augie and I are fooling around with them.• Stop fooling around with those scissors before you hurt yourself! → fool around at fool2(4)
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