n.

1. 伙食团；食堂；集体用膳人员；伙食[C][U]
   The officers are at mess.

   军官们正在用餐。

   The party will be held in the officers' mess.

   聚会将在军官食堂举行。

   The whole mess burst out laughing.

   全食堂的人都突然笑了起来。

2. 一份食品（常指半流质的）；（猎物等吃的）杂食；足够一顿吃的量[C]
   He caught a large mess of fish.

   他捕到足够饱餐一顿的鱼。

3. 混乱，凌乱的状态[U][S1]
   Her hair was in a terrible mess.

   她的头发乱极了。

4. 脏乱的东西；（狗，猫的）屎[U][C]
   Would you please clean up the mess?

   请你把这些肮脏的东西清理掉好吗？

5. 困境，狼狈的处境，一团糟[S]
   She made a pretty bad mess of it.

   她把事情搞得一团糟。

6. 【口】肮脏的人，邋遢的人[C][S1]
   He is a mess!

   他真邋遢！

vt.

1. 使就餐，供给……膳食
2. 弄脏，弄乱[（+up）]
   I was used to him messing up the kitchen.

   我对他把厨房弄脏已经习惯了。

3. 弄糟，毁坏[（+up）]
   I messed it up.

   我把事情搞糟了。

4. 粗暴地对待，殴打[（+up）]
   The gang messed him up.

   那帮人把他揍了一顿。

vi.

1. 准备伙食，供膳
2. 集体用膳[Q][（+with/together）]
   In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers.

   在这个兵营里，士兵不和军官一起用餐。

3. 搞乱，陷入混乱；把事情弄糟[（+up）]
   She messed up on the math test.

   她数学考砸了。

4. 摆弄，玩弄[（+with）]
   Don't mess with that gun.

   不要摆弄那枝枪。

5. 鬼混，无所事事[（+around/about）]
   He spent all day Sunday just messing about.

   他星期天胡混了一整天。

6. 干预[（+in）]
   You'd better not mess in the affairs of others.

   你最好不要干涉他人的事情。

n.

1. a dirty or untidy state or condition.
   ▸euphemistic a domestic animal's excrement.
2. a confused and problematic situation.
   ▸a person whose life is confused and full of problems.
3. a place in which members of the armed forces take their meals.
4. a portion of semi-liquid food.
5. (a mess of) N. Amer. informal a large amount or quantity of.

v.

1. make untidy or dirty.
   ▸(of a domestic animal) defecate.
   ▸make dirty by defecating.
2. eat with someone.