muddy

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a. 泥泞的, 浑浊的, 模糊的 vt. 使污浊, 使沾上泥污

发音

US /ˈmʌdi/
UK /ˈmʌdi/

词形变化

muddies 复数 muddies muddied muddies 三单 muddying muddying 现在分词 muddied 过去式 muddied 过去分词 muddier 比较级 muddier muddiest muddiest 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

使污浊;使沾上泥;把…弄糊涂

to make something dirty with mud

动词

变得泥泞;沾满烂泥

形容词

泥泞的;模糊的;混乱的

covered with mud or containing mud

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The edible mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata).

    澳大利亚 非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.

    及物

    If you muddy your shoes don’t wear them inside.

  2. 2.

    To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.

    比喻 及物

    The discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject.

  3. 3.

    To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).

    比喻 及物
  5. 5.

    To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.

    比喻 及物
  6. 6.

    To cause or permit (someone or something) to become stuck in mud; to mire.

    比喻 废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.

    比喻 及物

    The addition of the second batch of paint muddied the bright colours to a dull and washed look.

  8. 8.

    Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.

    不及物
  9. 9.

    To become contaminated or impure.

    比喻 不及物
  10. 10.

    To make (something) impure; to contaminate.

    比喻 及物
  11. 11.

    Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.

    比喻 不及物
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).

    He slogged across the muddy field.

    Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.

  2. 2.

    Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.

    The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the struggle between the alligator and the wild boar.

  3. 3.

    Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud.

    古体
  4. 4.

    Dirty, filthy.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    Not clear.

    Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.

    比喻
  6. 6.

    Not clear.

    Of an image: blurry or dim.

    比喻
  7. 7.

    Not clear.

    Of light: cloudy, opaque.

    比喻
  8. 8.

    Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.

  9. 9.

    Soiled with feces.

    委婉
  10. 10.

    Not clear.

    Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.

    比喻 文学 诗歌
  11. 11.

    Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.

    比喻
  12. 12.

    Of a person or their facial expression: angry, sad, or sulky.

    古体 比喻
  13. 13.

    Slightly drunk; tipsy.

    比喻 废旧
  14. 14.

    Not clear.

    Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.

    比喻

    The television picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.

  15. 15.

    Not clear.

    Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.

    比喻
  16. 16.

    Not clear.

    比喻

词汇关系

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词源

From mud (crab) + -y (diminutive suffix).

来源:wiktionary