muddy

adjective
🔊/ˈmʌdi/
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(comparative muddier, superlative muddiest)
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  1. full of or covered in mud多泥的;泥泞的
    • a muddy field/track泥泞的田野/小径
    • muddy boots/knees沾满泥浆的靴子/膝盖
    • Look, you’ve made the floor all muddy!瞧,你把地板弄得到处是泥。
    Synonyms dirtydirty
    • dusty
    • filthy
    • muddy
    • soiled
    • grubby
    • stained
    These words all describe somebody/​something that is not clean.
    • dirty not clean; covered with dust, soil, mud, oil, etc:
      • If your hands are dirty, go and wash them.要是你的手脏了,就去洗一洗。
    • dusty full of dust; covered with dust:
      • There were shelves full of dusty books.有些书架上全是布满灰尘的书。
    • filthy very dirty and unpleasant:
      • It’s absolutely filthy in here.这里面脏得不得了。
    • muddy full of or covered in mud:
      • Don’t you come in here with those muddy boots on!你不要穿着那双沾满泥浆的靴子进来!
    • soiled (rather formal) dirty, especially with waste from the body:指肮脏的、龌龊的,尤指有人体排泄物的
      • soiled nappies/​diapers脏尿布
    • grubby (rather informal) rather dirty, usually because it has not been washed:通常指因未经洗涤而肮脏的、邋遢的、污秽的
      • He hoped she wouldn’t notice his grubby shirt cuffs.他希望她不会注意到他肮脏的衬衫袖口。
    • stained (often in compounds) covered with stains; marked with a stain (= a dirty mark that is difficult to remove)(常构成复合词)指污渍斑斑的、沾有污渍的:
      • a pair of paint-stained jeans一条沾满油漆的牛仔裤
    Patterns
    • dirty/​dusty/​filthy/​muddy/​soiled/​grubby/​stained clothes
    • dirty/​dusty/​filthy/​grubby hands
    • a dirty/​dusty/​filthy room
    • to get dirty/​dusty/​filthy/​muddy/​stained
    Extra Examples
    • My boots were all muddy.我的靴子沾满了泥。
    • The rain had made the field very muddy.雨下得田里泥泞不堪。
    • The rain had made the football pitch extremely muddy.大雨使足球场泥泞不堪。
    • We all got a bit muddy and wet.我们身上全都沾上了泥,衣服也湿了。
    • Don't you come in here with those muddy boots on!你不要穿着那双沾满泥浆的靴子进来!
    • The grass was very muddy from constant rain.不断的降雨使草变得很泥泞。
    • We drove along the muddy track.我们沿着那条泥泞的小路驱车前行。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
  2. (of a liquid液体) containing mud; not clear含泥的;浑浊的
    • muddy water泥水
    • a muddy pond浑浊的池塘
    • The water where the dolphins were kept was so muddy that they could not see anything.饲养海豚的水太浑浊,以至于看不到任何东西。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
  3. (of colours色彩) not clear or bright灰暗的;暗淡的
    • muddy green/brown暗绿色;暗褐色

muddy

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they muddy
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he / she / it muddies
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past simple muddied
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past participle muddied
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-ing form muddying
🔊/ˈmʌdiɪŋ/
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Idioms
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  1. muddy something to make something muddy使变得泥泞;使浑浊
    • She had muddied her white dress.她弄污了她的白色连衣裙。
Idioms
muddy the waters, issue, etc.
  1. (disapproving) to make a simple situation confused and more complicated than it really is搅浑水;添乱
    • She deliberately muddied the waters by constantly referring to other irrelevant cases.她故意不停地提及其他无关的案件,使水面一片泥泞。