| 单词 | messy |
| 释义 | messy (once / 3819 pages) adj Messy things are sloppy, disorganized, or dirty. Your messy room isn't bothering anyone but you — but your messy clothes might not be appropriate for your cousin's formal wedding. When a house is messy, it's cluttered and untidy — there might be clothes on the floor or dishes on the table and counters. A messy notebook could be jammed with papers in no particular order, and a child's messy face may very well be covered with chocolate ice cream. Messy dates from the 1840s, and its figurative meaning, "unethical" or "confused," like a messy divorce, came along in the 1920s. WORD FAMILYmessy: messier, messiest, messily, messiness+/mess: messed, messes, messing, messy USAGE EXAMPLESIn 2017 and beyond, we will be seeing cultural projects as urban projects – ones that engage with cities and their unrestrained, slightly messy, vibrancy. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Intelligent people tend to be messier and swear more than others. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) “The film is as disorderly in its structure as the messy family history it surveys,” the Hollywood Reporter wrote in its review. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) adj dirty and disorderly a child's messy eating habits Syn mussy untidy not neat and tidy |
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