| 单词 | to make a muddle of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a muddle of a. A state of disorder or (physical or mental) confusion. Also: a mistake arising from or resulting in confusion; a bungle. to make a muddle of: to bungle, to mishandle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] brabbling1530 confusion1530 ruffle1533 pell-mellc1586 confusedness1587 huddle1606 Babel confusion1653 promiscuity1663 hugger-mugger1674 promiscuousness1676 clutter1692 jumblement1706 muddle1808 embranglement1826 mare's nest1837 muddlement1857 muddledom1891 muddliness1891 mêlée1895 mix-up1898 huddledom1923 buggeration1962 mixed-upness1967 the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > instance of > and confused snarl1631 tangle1757 twaddle1785 an ill-favoured pirn1828 muddle1857 fankle1890 tie-up1906 snarl-up1960 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1808 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 3384 Our slow muddle-brained ashy-faced Landlord. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Muddle, a confused or turbid state: a vulgar expression. 1833 J. Constable Let. 14 Jan. (1965) III. 90 I shall be glad when these great pictures are out of doors—but still it's a good thing to be in a muddle. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House v. 37 We both grub on in a muddle. 1857 Harper's Weekly 10 Jan. 20/4 The judges and legislators knocked their heads together and made a ‘muddle’ of prohibition. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 732/1 The present Government has made an immortal muddle of the whole business. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End viii. 65 I do love these little muddles tidied up. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Apr. 230/4 Dr. Neville Talbot sets out to help those who are in a muddle about religion and wish to have it expressed in modern terms. 1938 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 286 Do excuse this delay: my addresses are in a muddle, as always. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 94/2 President Roosevelt had left our policy toward Germany in an appalling muddle. 1993 Independent on Sunday 7 Nov. (Review Suppl.) 70/4 There is always a muddle in England as to which is chicory and which is endive. < as lemmas |
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