| 单词 | muddle |
| 释义 | muddle (once / 1920 pages) vn A muddle is something that's messy and confusing. If your bedroom looks like a hurricane just hit it, you might describe it as a muddle. Oftentimes, we create the muddles in our lives, so it’s appropriate that muddle can be used as a verb meaning “to mix up” or “confuse.” Conveniently, though, the word muddle also describes a way out of difficult situations; to muddle through a troublesome task is to somehow figure it out, even if you don’t quite know what you’re doing. It has been suggested that muddle comes from an old Dutch word meaning “to make muddy.” WORD FAMILYmuddle: muddled, muddles, muddling+/muddled: muddleder USAGE EXAMPLESHis responses to questions about the Ladejinsky muddle and ex-Senator Cain’s criticism of the security program were among other deleted matters. Time(Dec 20, 2016) In September, Louise Mensch fired off some incensed tweets that muddled up the two, much to the amusement of, well, everyone. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) At the core, there’s ostensibly a muddled message about the burdens of seeing the future and what to do with that information. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1v make into a puddle Syn|Hyper puddle rile, roil make turbid by stirring up the sediments of 2v mix up or confuse He muddled the issues Syn|Hyper addle, puddle confuse, jumble, mix up assemble without order or sense 3n a confused multitude of things Syn|Hypo|Hyper clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, smother, welter rummage a jumble of things to be given away disorder, disorderliness a condition in which things are not in their expected places 4n informal terms for a difficult situation he made a muddle of his marriage Syn|Hypo|Hyper fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, pickle dog's breakfast, dog's dinner a poor job; a mess difficulty a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
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