mickey

mickey — 名詞

1. to tease someone in a playful way, especially by copying what they say or how th

1.名詞B2
釋義

取笑；捉弄

以玩笑方式模仿或嘲弄某人

to tease someone in a playful way, especially by copying what they say or how they act, so that other people laugh.

例句

Soraya's friends took the mickey out of her dancing at the party.

Soraya 的朋友在派對上取笑她的舞姿。

take the mickey out of + [gerund phrase]

The lads spent the whole evening taking the mickey out of Gabriel's new coat.

那幾個年輕人整晚都在拿 Gabriel 的新外套開玩笑。

progressive form: spent [time] taking the mickey out of

同義詞
  • tease

    more general term for playful mocking; 'take the mickey' implies imitation specifically

  • mock

    stronger and potentially crueller than 'take the mickey', which is usually light-hearted

  • make fun of

    neutral synonym used across all English varieties; no implication of imitation

  • rib

    American informal term for light-hearted teasing

文法句型

take the mickey out of [someone/something]

用法筆記

The phrase 'take the mickey' is almost always followed by 'out of' before naming the target. It is very common in British English but rare in American English, where speakers are more likely to say 'make fun of' or 'tease'.

常見錯誤

❌Don't take the mickey of your little brother.
✅Don't take the mickey out of your little brother.
💡The fixed preposition is 'out of', not 'of'.
❌He took the mickey from his classmate.
✅He took the mickey out of his classmate.
💡The idiom requires 'out of', not 'from'.

2. a chemical or pill that someone secretly adds to another person's alcoholic drin

2.名詞C1
釋義

迷藥；蒙汗藥

暗中加入飲料中使人昏迷的藥物

a chemical or pill that someone secretly adds to another person's alcoholic drink, making that person fall asleep or become unconscious.

例句

Police warned tourists after someone slipped a mickey into a woman's drink at a bar.

有人在酒吧將迷藥放入一名女子的飲料後，警方對遊客發出警告。

collocation: slip a mickey into [drink]

A bartender saw a man drop a mickey into a glass and called the police.

一名酒保看到有人將迷藥放入杯子裡，於是報警處理。

同義詞
  • knockout drops

    older slang term with the same meaning

  • date rape drug

    modern term; broader in meaning (can refer to any drug used to incapacitate for assault)

文法句型

slip/drop a mickey into [drink]

put a mickey in [drink]

用法筆記

This sense is most often found in the phrases 'slip a mickey' or 'drop a mickey' and in the full term 'Mickey Finn'. It is informal and slightly dated; modern news reports more commonly use terms like 'date rape drug' or 'sedative'.