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单词 messy
释义 messy
\ˈmesē, -si\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: mess (I) + -y
1. : in a confused, disordered, or dirty state or condition : untidy
 < a messy room >
 < those messy herbaceous borders — Osbert Lancaster >
2. : that causes or is likely to cause a confused, disordered, or dirty state or condition
 < a messy pen >
 < the messy business of infant feeding — New Yorker >
3. : lacking neatness or precision : careless, slovenly
 < messy thinking >
 < messy legislation >
 < cannot simply eliminate attitudes, emotions, values, desires, multiple and messy meanings — H.J.Muller >
4. : unpleasantly or tryingly difficult of execution or settlement
 < a messy job >
 < messy lawsuits >
 < a messy traffic problem >
 < scandal, crime, and messy disasters sell newspapers — A.J.Liebling >
5. : effusive or sentimental to an excessive or embarrassing degree
 < messy introductions >
 < the messy rhetorical violence of the other speakers — Robert Lowell >
 < a certain messy generosity of manner — Louis Auchincloss >
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