muddle

muddle
[`mʌdl; 'mʌdl] (發音來源)
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單字解釋

muddle
[`mʌdl; 'mʌdl]
<<及物動詞>>
1 a. 使…混成一團 (糟) ,使…混雜在一起; 攪拌,攪和
Don't ~ things up [together].
不要把事情[東西]搞亂
b. 使… 混在一起[with]
My books were ~d up with his.
我的書跟他的混雜在一起
2 a. 使<人>糊塗,使…慌張,使…張惶失措
She still felt ~d (up) in New York.
她在紐約仍感覺不知所措
b. [因飲酒等] 使 <人、頭腦> 昏昏沉沉[with]
His brain was ~d with alcohol.
他因酗酒而頭腦昏昏沉沉
c. 使<水等>污濁
3 將<計畫等>搞砸,糟蹋
4 浪費 <時間、金錢>
~ away one's time [money]
浪費時間[金錢]
<<不及物動詞>>
1 漫無目的而糊里糊塗地混[想]
2 微醉
3 做糊塗事
muddle along[on]
敷衍過去,胡亂應付
muddle through
(無計畫或好方法而) 總算 [勉強] 混過去
<<可數名詞>>
[常 a ~] 混亂 (狀態) ; 迷惑; (論點之) 雜亂無章
in a ~
迷糊的,迷惑的; 雜亂無章的,一團糟的
make a ~ of
把…搞砸,糟蹋…
Don't get in a ~ about the dates of the meeting.
不要把集會日期搞錯
['mdl]
vt. 混合, 使微醉, 使咬字不清晰
vi. 胡亂對付
n. 困惑, 混濁狀態
相關詞組:
muddle along
be all in a muddle
make a muddle of sth
muddle sth up
muddle through
【GRE紅寶書】
MUDDLE n. 混亂, 迷惑
(英) n. 混亂, 迷惑(a confused or disordered state; mess)
(記) mud(泥漿)+dle→混入泥漿→ 混亂
(例) I was all in a muddle and didn't even know what day it was.
【不擇手段】
n 混亂狀態；v 使渾濁
(記) 源於：mud（n 泥漿）
(反) clarity（n 清楚；透明）

【Barron】
confuse; mix up
His thoughts were muddled and chaotic.

【21世紀英漢詞典】
mud.dle
1 a. 使…混成一團 (糟) ,使…混雜在一起; 攪拌,攪和
Don't ~ things up [together].
不要把事情[東西]搞亂
b. 使… 混在一起[with
My books were ~d up with his.
我的書跟他的混雜在一起
2 a. 使糊塗,使…慌張,使…張惶 失措
She still felt ~d (up) in New York.
她在紐約仍感覺不知所措
b. [因飲酒等] 使 昏昏沉沉[with
His brain was ~d with alcohol.
他因酗酒而頭腦昏昏沉沉
c. 使污濁
3 將搞砸,糟蹋
4 浪費
~ away one's time [money]
浪費時間[金錢

1 漫無目的而糊里糊塗地混[想
2 微醉
3 做糊塗事
muddle along[on
敷衍過去,胡亂應付
muddle through
(無計畫或好方法而) 總算 [勉強] 混過去

常 a ~] 混亂 (狀態) ; 迷惑; (論點之) 雜亂無章
in a ~
迷糊的,迷惑的; 雜亂無章的,一團糟的
make a ~ of
把…搞砸,糟蹋…
Don't get in a ~ about the dates of the meeting.
不要把集會日期搞錯

【Collins】  ◆◇◇◇◇

1 muddle muddles
If people or things are in a muddle, they are in a state of confusion or disorder.
My thoughts are all in a muddle.
We are going to get into a hopeless muddle.
...a general muddle of pencils and boxes...
The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
...domestic muddles and family tensions.
= mess, confusion
N-VAR: oft in/into a N

2 muddle muddles muddling muddled
If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which.
Already, one or two critics have begun

英字分解

• mu
• ddle

mu
[音似] 木; 母; 目; 沐; 牡; 姆; 牧; 畝; 募; 睦; 墓; 幕; 慕; 暮; 穆
mu
[mu, mju; mju:]
<<名詞>>
希臘字母之第十二個字母 M,μ
相當於英文字母之 M,m
→ Greek alphabet 表

ddle
d地dle抖－地震

列根成形

mu

木

ddle

地震

muddle

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