- 1胡鬧、打鬧、瞎搞（語氣輕，帶點好笑，不是真的在罵人）
Tomfoolery is silly, playful behaviour — messing about, joking around, doing daft things when you should be getting on with something. It is a gentle word.
Tomfoolery isTomfoolery指的是 silly, playful behaviour傻氣、愛玩鬧的行為—— messing about瞎混、 joking around開玩笑、 doing daft things when you should be getting on with something在應該做正事的時候做些蠢事。 It is這是 a gentle word個語氣溫和的字。
When a teacher says 'that's enough tomfoolery', they are telling children to settle down, but they are not really angry; the word itself half-admits the fun. That is why you hear it most from older speakers, from teachers, and in a slightly performed, old-fashioned voice.
When a teacher says當老師說 'that's enough tomfoolery'「夠了別鬧了」， they are telling children to settle down他們是在叫小孩安靜下來， but they are not really angry但其實沒有真的生氣； the word itself half-admits the fun這個字本身就有點承認這其實蠻好玩的。 That is why這就是為什麼 you hear it most from older speakers你最常從年紀較大的人、 from teachers老師口中聽到這個字， and in a slightly performed, old-fashioned voice而且語氣有點刻意、老派。
Younger people would more likely say 'messing around' or 'goofing around'. The tone matters more than the meaning here: tomfoolery is never cruel and never serious .
Younger people would more likely say年輕人比較常說 'messing around'「messing around」 or 'goofing around'或「goofing around」，意思都是鬼混。 The tone matters more than the meaning here這裡語氣比字義更重要： tomfoolery is never crueltomfoolery絕對不殘忍， and never serious wrongdoing也不是嚴重的壞事。
If someone breaks a window on purpose, that is not tomfoolery. If they were chasing each other round the room and a window happened to break, that was tomfoolery — and the word is doing quiet work, making it sound .
If someone breaks a window on purpose如果有人故意打破窗戶， that is not tomfoolery那不是tomfoolery。 If they were chasing each other round the room但如果他們是在房間裡互相追逐， and a window happened to break結果不小心打破窗戶， that was tomfoolery那就是tomfoolery—— and the word is doing quiet work這個字默默地在起作用， making it sound forgivable讓這件事聽起來是可以被原諒的。
The old noun 'a tomfool' (a stupid person) still exists but you rarely meet it now.
The old noun 'a tomfool'古老的名詞「a tomfool」 (a stupid person)（笨蛋） still exists現在還存在， but you rarely meet it now但已經很少見到了。
core核心畫面
組成Tom（泛指『一般人、某某人』，來自人名 Thomas）+ foolery（傻事、胡鬧）. English used 'Tom' the way Chinese uses 某某 — for any ordinary man. A 'Tom fool' was that ordinary man being an idiot.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
tomfoolerynoun/ˌtɒmˈfuːlə.ɹi/
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Foolish behaviour or speech.
- "Do not think THAT," I put in. "It was not so at all. I grant you that my behaviour was bad—I fully confess that it was so, and make no secret of the fact. I would even go so far as to grant you that my behaviour might well be called stupid and indecent tomfoolery; but, MORE than that it was not.
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摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。