muck

noun
🔊/mʌk/
🔊/mʌk/
Idioms
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  1. waste matter from farm animals(牲畜的)粪便,粪肥 synonym manure
    • to spread muck on the fields将粪肥撒到地里
    • The tractors are out spreading muck.拖拉机出去撒泥。
    Topics Farmingc2
  2. (informal, especially British English) dirt or mud脏东西;泥浆;淤泥
    • Can you wipe the muck off the windows?你把窗户上的脏东西擦掉好吗?🔊🔊
    • My face and hands were covered in muck.我的脸和手都沾满了烂泥。
  3. (informal, especially British English) something very unpleasant令人厌恶的事物
    • I can't eat this muck!我吃不下这些令人恶心的东西!🔊🔊
  4. Word OriginMiddle English muk, probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Old Norse myki ‘dung’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘soft’, shared by meek.
Idioms
where there’s muck there’s brass
  1. (British English, saying) used to say that a business activity that is unpleasant or dirty can bring in a lot of money哪儿有脏活哪儿有钱赚;要挣大钱就别怕脏

muck

verb
🔊/mʌk/
🔊/mʌk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they muck
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he / she / it mucks
🔊/mʌks/
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past simple mucked
🔊/mʌkt/
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past participle mucked
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-ing form mucking
🔊/ˈmʌkɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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