muddy

英 ['mʌdɪ] 美['mʌdi]
  • adj. 泥泞的;模糊的;混乱的
  • vt. 使污浊;使沾上泥;把…弄糊涂
  • vi. 变得泥泞;沾满烂泥

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词态变化


第三人称单数: muddies;过去式: muddied;过去分词: muddied;现在分词: muddying;比较级: muddier;最高级: muddiest;

中文词源


muddy 泥泞的

来自mud,泥浆。

英英释意


1. dirty with mud
2. cause to become muddy;
"These data would have muddied the prediction"
3. make turbid;
"muddy the water"

英文词源


muddy (adj.)
late 13c., from mud + -y (2). Big Muddy in reference to the Missouri or Mississippi rivers is first recorded 1825.
muddy (v.)
"to make muddy," c. 1600, from muddy (adj.). Related: Muddied; muddying.

考试真题


An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: a man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

But footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In the town of Tiverton, a new ice-cream store, the Muddy Moos, is opened.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

The author mentions the joke to show Chicago's streets were extremely muddy.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

词组搭配


muddy the waters

make an issue or a situation more confusing and harder to understand by introducing comp;ications

使事情(或局势)更错综复杂

实用场景例句


a muddy field/track
泥泞的田野 / 小径

牛津词典

muddy boots/knees
沾满泥浆的靴子 / 膝盖

牛津词典

muddy water
泥水

牛津词典

a muddy pond
浑浊的池塘

牛津词典

muddy green/brown
暗绿色 / 褐色

牛津词典

...a muddy track...
泥泞的小道

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The ground was still very muddy.
地上还很泥泞。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
地面还散发着雨后的气息,他们把鞋上弄得全是泥。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了,还弄上了泥巴。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The paper has turned a muddy colour.
报纸已变成土黄色了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
即使不把宗教牵扯进去,这个问题也已经够棘手的了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the mixed motives that muddied Mr Crane's efforts.
使克兰先生的努力变得难以理解的复杂动机

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Don't muddy your new shoes.
别把泥巴沾到新鞋子上面去.

辞典例句

We labo ( u ) red alongthe muddy road.
我们在泥泞的道路上吃力地走着.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The road is very muddy.
这条路非常泥泞.

《简明英汉词典》

In its natural habitat , the plant grows deep in muddy soil.
在自己的栖所环境, 该植物在湿软的泥土中深根蒂固.

期刊摘选

These are great shoes for muddy weather.
这种鞋在雨天泥泞的地上走最合适.

辞典例句

The muddy tide flat smelled to high heaven.
多泥的潮汐洼地散发出极为难闻的气味.

《简明英汉词典》

As soon as I found it, it went to under the muddy water and swam away.
刚我刚看到它就它潜入污浊的水中然后泅游泳逃了.

期刊摘选

A carriage drove down the muddy lane.
一辆马车沿着泥泞的小路行驶.

辞典例句

You will dirty the sofa if you put your muddy shoes on it.
如果你把沾满泥巴的鞋子放在沙发上,你会弄脏它.

《简明英汉词典》

The troops were impeded by the muddy road.
泥泞的道路使部队的行动受到了妨碍.

《用法词典》

They passed a muddy track through the forest.
他们穿过森林的泥泞小路.

《简明英汉词典》

Mother raised the roof when she saw the dog's muddy foot prints on her new bedspread.
看见新床单上有狗的泥脚印时,妈妈大发雷霆.

《简明英汉词典》

There is a muddy expression in his face.
他脸上有一种糊涂的表情.

《简明英汉词典》