| 单词 | muddle |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['mʌdl] |
| 解释 | n. 混乱，迷惑 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 混乱, 迷惑(a confused or disordered state; mess) 【记】 mud(泥浆)+dle→混入 泥浆→混乱 【例】 I was all in a muddle and didn't even know what day it was. |
| 字源 | muddle (v.) 1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c.1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud, or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled; muddling. muddle (n.) 1818, from muddle (v.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 混乱状态; v 使浑浊 【记】源于: mud(n 泥浆) 【反】clarity(n 清楚; 透明) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】mud 泥；muddy 泥泞的；音：墨斗，墨斗鱼就是放出墨汁，使混浊与混乱 |
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