English主要词典
mischief
Universal Words
noun [U]
1 bad behaviour (especially of children) that is annoying but does not cause any serious damage or harm:
Those children are always getting into mischief. * I try to keep out of mischief. * It's very quiet upstairs; they must be up to some mischief!
2 the wish or tendency to behave or play in a way that causes trouble:
Her eyes were full of mischief.
3 (formal) harm or injury that is done to sb or to their reputation:
The incident caused a great deal of political mischief.
IDIOMS
do yourself a mischief (BrE, informal) to hurt yourself physically:
Watch how you use those scissors-you could do yourself a mischief!
make mischief to do or say sth deliberately to upset other people, or cause trouble between them