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单词 muss
释义 muss
I. \ˈməs\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. obsolete
 a. : a game in which players at a given signal scramble for small objects that have been thrown to the ground
  < when I cried ho, like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth — Shakespeare >
 b. : scramble
  < bauble and cap no sooner are thrown down, but there's a muss of more than half the town — John Dryden >
2. slang : a confused conflict : disturbance, brawl, fight
 < kick up a muss >
3. : a state of confusion or disorder : mess
 < can be quickly installed, without muss or fuss >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to make untidy : wrinkle, disarrange, rumple, dishevel
 < if these fabrics are very mussed, use dry press cloth — Mary B. Picken >
 < most of the new hats manage to muss the hairdos — Lois Long >
— often used with up
 < a hard apartment to muss up and easy to straighten out — Dorothy Baker >
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