n.[U]
- 粪，厩肥；堆肥
- 腐殖土；淤泥
- 【口】污物；脏乱
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The kids were covered in
muck.
孩子们浑身肮脏不堪。
- 【英】【口】品质低劣的东西
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That novel is sheer
muck.
那本小说完全是劣质品。
vt.
- 施厩肥（或堆肥）于
- 【口】弄脏[（+up）]
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I
mucked up my shirt when I was working in the garden.
我在花园里干活时把衬衫弄得一团糟。
- 【主英】【口】把……弄得一团糟；打乱[（+up）]
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The change in the weather has
mucked up our sports timetable.
天气的变化打乱了我们运动比赛的日程。
短语
muck about/around
- 闲荡；混日子
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--"What's he up to?" --"Oh, just
mucking about."
—“他在做什么？” —“哦，不过是在混日子而已。”
- 耍弄
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Give me a straight answer, don't
muck me about!
给我一个干脆的回答，不要耍弄我！
muck in
- 一起出力，一起干活；参加
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If we all
muck in we'll soon finish the job.
要是我们一起出力，很快就能把活做完。
muck out
- 打扫（畜舍）
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I've
mucked out the henhouses.
鸡舍我已打扫过了。
muck up
- 把……弄脏
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He fell down and came home with his clothes all
mucked up.
他跌了一跤，一身脏衣服回家。
- 把……弄糟
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My son
mucked up the car engine by using cheap, low grade gasoline.
我的儿子使用便宜的低级汽油，汽车引擎损坏了。
The hoarse tenor singer
mucked up the recital.
沙哑的男高音把音乐会搞砸了。
--"How was the exam?" --"I
mucked it
up."
—“考试情况怎样？” —“我全考砸了。”
as common as muck
- 举止粗俗；没有教养
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When she starts talking you'll realize that she's
as common as muck.
她一开口，你就会明白这人缺乏教养。
drag through the mud/muck
- 玷污；诋毁
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Your behavior is causing our reputation to be
dragged through the muck.
你的行为在玷污我们的名声。
派生
辨析
n.
- dirt or mud.
▸informal something unpleasant or worthless.
- manure.
v.
-
(muck something up)
informal spoil something.
▸
(muck about/around with something)
spoil something by interfering with it.
-
(muck something out)
chiefly Brit. remove manure and other dirt from a stable etc.
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(muck about/around)
Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way.
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(muck someone about/around)
Brit. informal treat someone inconsiderately, typically by disrupting their plans.
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(muck in)
Brit. informal share tasks or accommodation.
Phrase
- Lord
(or Lady)
Muck
Brit. informal a socially pretentious man (or woman).
Etymology
ME muk, prob. of Scand. origin: cf. ON myki ‘dung’, from a Gmc base meaning ‘soft’, shared by meek.
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