muddle
英 ['m?d(?)l]
美['m?dl]
- vt. 混合；使咬字不清晰；使微醉
- n. 糊涂；困惑；混濁狀態(tài)
- vi. 胡亂思考；糊里糊涂地行事
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?muddles;過(guò)去式:?muddled;過(guò)去分詞:?muddled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?muddling;
助記提示
1. perhaps frequentative formation from mud.
中文詞源
muddle 攪混
來(lái)自mud,泥漿，-le,表反復(fù)。引申詞義攪混，使困惑，雜亂。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. We will muddle through and just play it day by day.
- 我們會(huì)應(yīng)付過(guò)關(guān)的，就一天一天地演吧。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
- 我們開始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制這兩個(gè)概念了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
- 這些法律導(dǎo)致了困惑、混亂和數(shù)年的耽擱。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names.
- 一兩個(gè)評(píng)論家已經(jīng)開始把這兩個(gè)名字弄混了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I've arranged the books alphabetically so don't muddle them up.
- 我已按字母順序把這些書整理了,千萬(wàn)不要再弄亂.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》