addle

vt. 使昏乱, 使腐坏 vi. 变质 a. 昏乱的, 腐坏的

发音

US /ˈæ.dəl/
US /ˈæ.dəl/

词形变化

addles 复数 addles addles 三单 addling 现在分词 addled 过去式 addled 过去分词 more addle 比较级 most addle 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Liquid filth; mire.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    An unwise or intellectually impaired person.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.

    to addle someone's brain

  2. 2.

    To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

  3. 1.

    To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.

  4. 2.

    To thrive or grow; to ripen.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.

    addle eggs

  2. 2.

    Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

    引申义

    addle brains

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

puddle muddle

上位词 5

spoil confuse jumble mix up go bad

相关短语

addle pate addle pates

词源

From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”). Akin to Scots adill, North Frisian ethel (“urine”), Saterland Frisian adel (“dung”), Middle Low German adele (“mud, liquid manure”) (Dutch aal (“liquid manure”)), Old Swedish adel (“urine”), Danish ajle (“liquid manure”), Bavarian Adel (“liquid manure”).

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