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In British, Irish, Australian, and New Zealand English, to take the mickey (out of someone) is to make them look a bit silly, often in a friendly way. You might copy their voice, pretend something is true when it is not, or tease them about a small mistake.
In British, Irish, Australian, and New Zealand English在英國、愛爾蘭、澳洲和紐西蘭英語裡,to take the mickey (out of someone) is to make them look a bit sillyto take the mickey(out of someone)是讓某人看起來有點傻,often in a friendly way通常是善意的。You might copy their voice你可能會模仿他們的聲音,pretend something is true when it is not假裝某件事是真的但其實不是,or tease them about a small mistake或是拿他們的一個小錯誤來取笑。
It is informal — fine among friends if everyone is laughing, not fine in a serious meeting, and not fine if the other person is hurt. You will almost always meet it inside that phrase, take the mickey, rather than as a verb standing alone.
It is informal這是口語用法 — fine among friends if everyone is laughing朋友之間大家都在笑的話沒問題,not fine in a serious meeting在正式會議上不適合,and not fine if the other person is hurt如果對方受傷了也不適合。You will almost always meet it inside that phrase, take the mickey你幾乎都會在take the mickey這個片語裡遇到它,rather than as a verb standing alone而不是單獨當動詞用。
American English does not really use it; there people say tease or make fun of.
American English does not really use it美式英語不太用這個說法;there people say tease or make fun of那邊的人會說tease或make fun of。
Though actually, mickey has other lives that are easy to mix up: Mickey as a pet form of Michael, Mickey Mouse the cartoon, and the American phrase slip someone a mickey (put a drug in a drink). Those are not this meaning. This meaning is the teasing.
Though actually不過其實,mickey has other lives that are easy to mix upmickey還有其他容易搞混的用法:Mickey as a pet form of Michael當作Michael的暱稱,Mickey Mouse the cartoon卡通Mickey Mouse,and the American phrase slip someone a mickey (put a drug in a drink)以及美式說法slip someone a mickey(在飲料裡下藥)。Those are not this meaning那些都不是這個意思。This meaning is the teasing這個意思是取笑人。
原始詞典資料20 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Mickeyname/ˈmɪki/
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A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
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A diminutive of the female given names Michaela or Michelle.
Mickeynoun/ˈmɪki/
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rareinformalA Mickey Mouse cartoon.
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offensivederogatoryslangSynonym of Mick.
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offensivederogatoryslangSynonym of Mick.
- National identity and ethnic origin mapped gang territory: ‘Little Italy’; ‘Little Sicily’; ‘Polish colony’; […] ‘Mickies’ (Irish). Each possessed demarcated districts within which gangs adopted neighbourhood names and tags […]
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historicalslanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA type of bombsight assisted by radar.
mickeynoun/ˈmɪki/
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computingengineeringmathematicsThe smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
- The Mmove_ratio method controls the ratio of physical mouse movement to screen cursor movement with the x- and y-axis arguments (xsize and ysize) expressed as the number of mickeys (units of mouse motion) required to cover eight pixels on the screen. […] [T]he appropriate values are dependent on the number of mickeys per inch reported by the physical mouse; values which may be 100, 200, or 320 mickeys per inch depending on the mouse hardware. Default values are 8 mickeys/8 pixels horizontal and 16 mickeys/8 pixels vertical.
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informalThe noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
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slangA young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
- The cattle slayers had gone their way, with their smoking rifles and the mob of "mickies" they intended, somewhere in the fastnesses of the ranges, to brand and make legally, as far as the letter of the law went, their own.
- Bronco horse pulling a ‘micky’ (young bull) up for branding.
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rareslangThe vulva.
- Can't blame her for it, 'cause her mickey was probably throbbin' for it.
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informalA small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
- While you’re at the liquor store, get a mickey of rye.
- "But," said the cook, "if we was in the city I'd take fifty cents of it purty, pronto and get myself a four-bit micky." / "A what?" I asked, mystified. / "A four-bit micky, a fifty-cent bottle of alcohol—Dr. Hall, white line," he translated in disgust. "If you're goin' west you better learn to talk west."
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slangThe penis.
- He fell off the bike and injured his mickey.
- Ill put on my best shift and drawers let him have a good eyeful out of that to make his micky stand for him […]
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informalIn take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
- 'Higgsy,' said the sergeant, 'they think I'm taking the mickey. Tell 'em.'
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datedslangA potato or sweet potato; specifically, one roasted over a fire outdoors.
- We roasted mickeys over a fire with two-foot sticks.
- dippy runs down the street waving two potatoes. / dippy: Hey, guys, I swiped two maw [more] mickeys. Look!
mickeyverb/ˈmɪki/
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Sometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”); to secretly put a drug into (someone's drink) to render them unconscious”).
- Sam said he hadn't mickeyed me. That meant that he had either prepared a mickey at someone else's order, without knowing for whom it was intended, or he had seen someone else do the concocting.
- You mickeyed my drink, didn't you? […] You know why I don't drink. You know why I don't do dope. And you mickeyed my drink. You son of a bitch.
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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。