monkey也可以表示调皮鬼，monkey around不能理解为被猴子环绕着，真正的意思是捣蛋；闲混；瞎玩；鬼混。

【例句】
He started monkeying around when the teacher left the classroom.
老师离开后，他开始捣蛋了。

Don't monkey around here. I've got a lot of works to do.
少在这儿捣蛋，我还有许多工作要做呢。