mess around

英 [mes əˈraʊnd]

美 [mes əˈraʊnd]

消磨时间; 混日子; 乱弄; 瞎摆弄; 胡闹; 瞎闹; 恶劣地对待; 玩弄; 捉弄

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 mess about

PHRASAL VERB 无所事事;混日子;闲荡
If youmess aroundormess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything.
1. We were just messing around playing with paint...
  我们只是玩玩油彩，打发时间而已。
2. Stop messing about and go and buy one...
  别再磨蹭了，快去买一个。
PHRASAL VERB 乱弄;瞎摆弄
If you say that someoneis messing around withormessing about withsomething, you mean that they are interfering with it in a harmful way.
1. Boys and girls will enjoy messing about with any kind of machine.
  男孩和女孩会喜欢摆弄各种机械装置。
2. I'd like to know who's been messing about with the pram.
  我想知道是谁在瞎摆弄这辆婴儿车。
PHRASAL VERB 胡闹;瞎闹
If someoneis messing aroundormessing about, they are behaving in a joking or silly way.
1. I thought she was messing about.
  我认为她是在胡闹。
PHRASAL VERB 恶劣地对待;玩弄
If youmesssomeonearoundormessthemabout, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them, or by continually changing plans which affect them.
1. Davison had pulled out of a move to his old club because they had 'messed him about'...
  戴维森已经打消了返回原来的俱乐部的念头，因为他们“糊弄他”。
2. I think they've been messed around far too much.
  我认为他们被耍得太过头了。

verb

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
1. The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Synonym:putterpottertinkermonkeymonkey aroundmuck aboutmuck around

If you mess around with her, you'll get your fingers burned.
如果你跟她乱来，准会吃亏。
When you work, you don't mess around.
干活时，不要瞎胡闹。
That works great if you're willing to mess around with the source code, but you don't have to.
如果您愿意花时间修改源代码，这种方法当然很好，但并不一定要如此。
We were just messing around playing with paint
我们只是玩玩油彩，打发时间而已。
You don't mess around with the controller.
使用控制器您就不会产生混乱。
But I'm not just going to mess around with it.
不过我也不想惹麻烦。
Mess around was a positive step for us, ray.
“胡搞瞎搞”我们走对了路，雷。
Don't mess around with my desk.
别把我的桌子搞得一团糟。
Anyway, don't mess around with older women.
不管怎样，不要跟比你大的女人鬼混。
Torsten: Do what you like, but I'm too busy to mess around with coupons and rebates.
托斯特：去做你喜欢的事。但我太忙，没时间去弄优惠券和折扣券。