单词 | muddying |
释义 | muddyingn. 1. The action of muddy v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun] indistinction1624 muddiness1645 indiscrimination1649 puddling1695 undiscerning1711 muddying1713 under-niceness1748 confusion1771 mixing1831 confounding1850 colour blindness1861 undiscriminatingness1866 muddling1873 indiscriminateness1879 unfastidiousness1881 indiscriminancy1890 lumping1903 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > impurity or unclearness > making impure muddying1713 1713 M. Henry Disc. Meekness (1822) 115 Those disorderly passions, which tend to the muddying and clouding of the Soul. 1735 Dict. Polygraph. at Ultramarine Thus you may get the colour without muddying. 1854 B. P. Shillaber Poverty in Shower in Rhymes with Reason & without 31 Make no deep studying Into his muddying, Damp and unhealthy; Rain is a leveller. 1883 C. Fleet Our Ancestors in Sussex 2nd Ser. 256 The muddying of the clear fancy by all kinds of disturbances. 1923 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 28 682 Sometimes the rather undiscriminating criticisms of novelists, near-statesmen, educators, theologians, physicians, and amateur economists effect little beyond a muddying of the waters. 1976 Gramophone Dec. 1028/3 The long overhang of the King's acoustic is expertly handled without the slightest muddying of the textures. 1993 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Dec. 14/1 Make sure that dark colours are washed out of the brushes completely to avoid muddying. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing tickling1616 twitchelling1689 yair-fishing1796 ice-fishing1842 foul-hooking1860 pointing1860 fish-wood1861 muddying1877 snatching1878 roll casting1897 jack fishing1899 cod jigging1921 free spooling1937 noodling1937 electrofishing1950 shocker1953 ghost fishing1963 catch-and-release1973 1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 371 The season for muddying begins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713 |
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