首页英语词典messmess的意思

mess

英 [mes] 美[mɛs]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词dirty contaminate corrupt disfigure

n. 混乱；食堂，伙食团；困境；脏乱的东西
vt. 弄乱，弄脏；毁坏；使就餐
vi. 把事情弄糟；制造脏乱；玩弄
n. (Mess)人名；(德、罗)梅斯

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词态变化

复数: messes;第三人称单数: messes;过去式: messed;过去分词: messed;现在分词: messing;

助记提示

mess.........麻似.....跟乱麻死的......杂乱

中文词源

mess 军队的食堂，餐厅，肮脏，杂乱

来自古法语mes,一份食物，就餐，来自拉丁语mittere,放置，送出，词源同mission,emit.引申词义吃饭的地方，尤指部队餐厅。后用于指倒剩饭剩菜的地方，猪食等，并最终引申词义肮脏，杂乱等词义。

英英释意

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness;: "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

2. informal terms for a difficult situation;: "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

3. soft semiliquid food;: "a mess of porridge"

4. a meal eaten by service personnel

5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"

英文词源

mess: mess: [13] Mess comes via Old French mes from late Latin missus, a derivative of the verb mittere ‘send’ (source of English admit, mission, transmit, etc). This meant ‘sending, placement’, and its original metaphorical application was to a ‘round or heat of a contest’, but it was also used for a ‘course of a meal’, and this was the sense in which it originally entered English.

Traces of the food connection survive in the mess of pottage (literally a ‘dish of porridge or gruel’ made from lentils) for which Esau sold his birthright to Jacob, and in the sense ‘communal eating place’ (as in ‘sergeants’ mess’), which developed in the 16th century. But the main present-day meaning, ‘disorderly thing or condition’, did not emerge until as recently as the 19th century, apparently based on the notion of a mess as a ‘dish of assorted foodstuffs dumped unceremoniously and without thought on to a plate’.
=> admit, commit, mission, permit, transmit
mess (n.): c. 1300, "food for one meal, pottage," from Old French mes "portion of food, course at dinner," from Late Latin missus "course at dinner," literally "a placing, a putting (on a table, etc.)," from past participle of mittere "to put, place," in classical Latin "to send, let go" (see mission).

Meaning "communal eating place" (especially a military one) is first attested 1530s, from earlier sense of "company of persons eating together" (early 15c.), originally a group of four. Sense of "mixed food," especially for animals, (1738) led to contemptuous use for "jumble, mixed mass" (1828) and figurative sense of "state of confusion" (1834), as well as "condition of untidiness" (1851). General use for "a quantity" of anything is attested by 1830. Meaning "excrement" (of animals) is from 1903.
mess (v.): late 14c., "serve up in portions," from mess (n.). Meaning "take one's meals" is from 1701; that of "make a mess" is from 1853. Related: Messed; messing. To mess with "interfere, get involved" is from 1903; mess up "make a mistake, get in trouble" is from 1933 (earlier "make a mess of," 1909), both originally American English colloquial.

同义词辨析

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

这些名词均表示事物的"混乱"状态。

confusion：指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。

disorder：正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。

disturbance：主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。

mess：语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。

chaos：着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。

考试真题

For most of us, memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives.

All are guilty; and what a mess they have created.

Some British traditions are too sacred (神圣的)to mess with, however, Tomes says.

Forgive the mess in here, we have a party last night.

And my calendar always looked like a mess with loads of things to do, written across it.

I didn't want to mess with that.

My room is a mess, but I needn't clean it before I go out tonight.

You are only one person, and you do not have time to waste on people who would rather cause drama or mess up with your purpose.

词组搭配

mess around 【非正式用语】

To pass time in aimless puttering.

虚度光阴

To associate casually or playfully

随便交往或厮混

liked to mess around with pals on days off.
喜欢休息日与朋友们厮混

mess up

&I{Informal} To make a mistake, especially from nervousness or confusion

【非正式用语】犯错误，尤指因紧张或混乱而致

messed up and dropped the ball.
慌慌张张把球掉了

&I{Slang} To beat up; manhandle

&I{【俚语】} 狠揍；粗暴地对待

got messed up in a brawl.
在吵闹中打斗起来

mess with someone's head

(US informal)cause someone to feel frustrated, anxious, or upset

(美，非正式)使泄气；使担忧；使苦恼

mess about/around

behave in a silly or playful way, especially so as to cause irritation

胡闹，瞎闹

mess about/around with

interfere with

干预，干涉

the minister messed around with health, and look at the state we are in.
部长插手了卫生工作，看看我们如今的状况。

mess someone about/around

(Brit. informal)cause someone inconvenience or problems, especially by acting unfairly or indecisively

(英，非正式)给…制造麻烦

mess someone up

(informal)cause someone emotional or psychological problems

(非正式)使情绪（或心理）不安

I was unhappy and really messed up.
我不开心，情绪极差。

mess something up

(informal)cause something to be spoiled by inept handling

(非正式)把（事情）弄糟

an error like that could easily mess up an entire day's work.
那样的错误会使一整天工作轻易付诸东流。

mess with

(informal)meddle or interfere with so as to spoil or cause trouble

(非正式)干涉；干预

stop messing with things you don't understand.
别再管你不懂的事了。

实用场景例句

The room was in a mess .: 这个房间杂乱不堪。

The kids made a mess in the bathroom.: 孩子们把浴室搞得一塌糊涂。

‘ What a mess ! ’ she said, surveying the scene after the party.: 看着聚会后的情况，她说：“真是一片狼藉！”

My hair's a real mess!: 我的头发太乱了。

The economy is in a mess .: 经济陷入了困境。

I feel I've made a mess of things.: 我觉得我把事情搞糟了。

The whole situation is a mess.: 整个情况都是一团糟。

Let's try to sort out the mess.: 我们来收拾一下残局吧。

The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place.: 关键问题是他们究竟是怎么惹出这样的麻烦的。

You're a mess!: 你真邋遢！

There's a mess of fish down there, so get your lines in the water.: 那底下有很多鱼，快下钩吧。

the officers' mess: 军官食堂

Careful─you're messing my hair.: 小心——你弄乱我的头发了。

We finished in time, no messing.: 我们不费吹灰之力，就按时完成了。

When they decide to have a party they don't mess around.: 他们决定搞聚会，便会迅速操办起来。

Will you stop messing around and get on with some work?: 别瞎闹了，干点正经事儿不行吗？

We spent the day messing around on the river.: 我们在河边闲逛了一整天。

Who's been messing around with my computer?: 谁瞎动过我的电脑？

I've really messed up this time.: 这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。

If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.: 如果你现在取消，就会破坏我所有的安排。

He was messed up pretty bad by the other guy.: 他被另一个家伙打成了重伤。

I don't want you messing up my nice clean kitchen.: 我不想让你弄脏我这整洁的厨房。

The house is a mess...: 屋里一片狼藉。

The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess...: 不合适的洗发水会使卷发纠结成乱糟糟的一团。

I've made such a mess of my life.: 我把自己的生活弄得一团糟。

...the many reasons why the economy is in such a mess...: 经济陷入如此困境的众多原因

Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit...: 最后，他们狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到处都是。

I'll clear up the mess later.: 我呆会儿会把滴落的水擦干净。

...a party at the officers' mess...: 在军官餐厅举行的聚会

He hurried to the Mess to find the control officer.: 他匆忙赶到餐厅去找指挥官。