muddle
英 ['mʌd(ə)l]
美['mʌdl]
- vt. 混合；使咬字不清晰；使微醉
- n. 糊涂；困惑；混浊状态
- vi. 胡乱思考；糊里糊涂地行事
词态变化
第三人称单数: muddles;过去式: muddled;过去分词: muddled;现在分词: muddling;
助记提示
1. perhaps frequentative formation from mud.
中文词源
muddle 搅混
来自mud,泥浆，-le,表反复。引申词义搅混，使困惑，杂乱。
英英释意
- 1. a confused multitude of things
- 2. informal terms for a difficult situation;
- "he got into a terrible fix"
- "he made a muddle of his marriage"
英文词源
- muddle (v.)
- 1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c. 1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud, or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled; muddling.
- muddle (n.)
- 1818, from muddle (v.).
词组搭配
muddle through
To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.
胡乱应付过去：以毫无组织的方式应付过去而得到一个还不错的结果
muddle along/through
cope more or less satisfactorily despite lack of expertise, planning, or equipment
差强人意地应付，设法应付
students are often left to muddle along.
学生们经常被丢在一边自己应付。
muddle something up
confuse two or more things with each other
混淆
the words seemed to have &B{got muddled up}.
这些词似乎被混淆了。
实用场景例句
- Don't do that─you're muddling my papers.
- 别动——你会弄乱我的文件的。
牛津词典
- Their letters were all muddled up together in a drawer.
- 他们的信都乱七八糟地放在一个抽屉里。
牛津词典
- Slow down a little─you're muddling me.
- 说慢点儿——你都把我搞糊涂了。
牛津词典
- I muddled the dates and arrived a week early.
- 我搞错了日期，早到了一个星期。
牛津词典
- He got all muddled up about what went where.
- 他对什么东西放在哪里全然记不清了。
牛津词典
- They look so alike, I always get them muddled up .
- 他们看上去那么像，我总是把他们给搞混了。
牛津词典
- We can't just keep muddling along like this.
- 我们不能就这样混日子。
牛津词典
- We'll muddle through somehow.
- 我们能想办法应付过去。
牛津词典
- Can you start from the beginning again─I'm in a muddle .
- 请你从头再来一遍吧——我还是搞不清楚。
牛津词典
- There was a muddle over the theatre tickets.
- 戏票的管理问题一团糟。
牛津词典
- There followed a long period of confusion and muddle.
- 接下来是很长一段时间的困惑和混乱。
牛津词典
- My papers are all in a muddle .
- 我的文件混乱不堪。
牛津词典
- My thoughts are all in a muddle...
- 我的思维陷入一片混乱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We are going to get into a hopeless muddle.
- 我们就要陷入无可救药的混乱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names...
- 一两个评论家已经开始把这两个名字弄混了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
- 我们开始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制这两个概念了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If everyone acts as he pleases, everything will be in a muddle.
- 要是各行其是, 那就乱套了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I was a muddle that I didn't know what day it was.
- 今天是星期几?今天是星期六.我头脑糊涂了,竟不知道这天是星期几.
期刊摘选
- Don't work in a rush and get into a muddle.
- 克服忙乱现象.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The work was difficult, but he managed somehow to muddle through.
- 工作相当困难; 但他居然糊里糊涂地应付过去了.
期刊摘选
- He managed to muddle through university.
- 他设法混过了大学这一关.
期刊摘选
- I've arranged the books alphabetically so don't muddle them up.
- 我已按字母顺序把这些书整理了,千万不要再弄乱.
《简明英汉词典》
- I'll muddle through somehow.
- 我会设法应付过去的.
《简明英汉词典》
- When mother came home, she found the house in a muddle.
- 母亲回到家里, 发现屋子里一片混乱.
辞典例句
- I won't explain how this works now — it might muddle you up.
- 我现在先不讲解工作原理─那样会使你摸不着头脑的.
《简明英汉词典》