Muddle



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 混乱, 迷惑
• ［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.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (muddled; muddling)

• Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch moddelen, from Middle Dutch, from modde mud; akin to Middle Low German mudde
• Date: 1676
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make turbid or muddy
  • 2. to befog or stupefy especially with liquor
  • 3. to mix confusedly
  • 4. to make a mess of ; bungle
• intransitive verb
  • to think or act in a confused aimless way
• ? muddler noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1818
• 1. a state of especially mental confusion
• 2. a confused mess
• ? muddly adjective

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