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muddle noun
⇨ mess 1muddle verb
⇨ jumblemess1 noun The room was in a mess. 房间杂乱不堪。The economy is in a mess. 经济陷入了困境。mess ♦︎ clutter ♦︎ jumble ♦︎ disorder ♦︎ muddleThese are all words you can use when a place or group of things is very untidy. 这些词均表示杂乱、混乱、乱七八糟。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a mess / clutter / jumble / muddle of sth◆to be in a mess / a jumble / disorder / a muddle◆(a) complete mess / jumble / disorder◆to be a mess / jumble / muddle◆a bit of a mess / jumble■ mess [countable, usually singular] (sometimes disapproving) an untidy state in which things have been left in the wrong place or spread around 杂乱；不整洁◆The room was in a mess.房间杂乱不堪。◆Sorry, this place is a bit of a mess.对不起，这儿有点儿乱。◆The kids made a mess in the bathroom.孩子们把浴室搞得一塌糊涂。◆'What a mess!' she said, surveying the scene after the party.看着聚会后的情景，她说：“真是一片狼藉！”◆My hair's a real mess!我的头发太乱了！ see also messy ⇨ dirty , messy ⇨ untidy ▸ ˌmess sth ˈup phrasal verb ◆I don't want you messing up my nice clean kitchen.我不想让你弄脏我整洁的厨房。■ clutter [uncountable, singular] (rather informal, disapproving) a lot of things that make a place look untidy, especially when they are not needed or are not being used 杂乱的东西（尤指不需要或无用的）◆There's always so much clutter on your desk!你桌子上总有那么多乱七八糟的东西！◆There was a clutter of bottles, glasses and ashtrays on the table.桌子上胡乱地堆满了瓶子、玻璃杯和烟灰缸。ⓘ Clutter is sth that people often talk about trying to remove. Common collocates of clutter include avoid, get rid of, shed, free sth from and clear sth of. * clutter指人们经常说要扔掉的东西，常见的搭配词有avoid、get rid of、shed、free sth from和clear sth of。 see also cluttered ⇨ untidy ▸ clutter verb [transitive] ◆Don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.别用太多的图表来堆砌版面。◆I don't want all these boxes cluttering up the place.我不想看到那么多盒子乱堆在这个地方。■ jumble [singular] a lot of different things mixed together without any order and in an untidy way 杂乱的一堆；混乱的一团◆The room was a jumble of books, toys and sports equipment.房间里胡乱地堆放着书籍、玩具和运动器械。 see also jumble ⇨ jumble verb , jumbled ⇨ untidy NOTE 辨析 Clutter or jumble? Clutter is a more disapproving term than jumble, which is more simply descriptive. * clutter较jumble贬义更重，jumble仅仅是描述性的。■ disorder [uncountable] (rather formal) a situation in which a place is untidy because there is no order in the way things are arranged 杂乱；混乱；凌乱◆The room was in a state of disorder.房间凌乱不堪。◆He loves tidying up, making order out of disorder.他喜欢整理东西，把杂乱无章的地方拾掇得井井有条。OPP order ⇨ efficiency see also disordered ⇨ untidy ■ muddle [countable, usually singular, uncountable] a state of confusion in which things are put together without any order and in an untidy way, so that it is difficult to find what you want 混乱；乱七八糟◆My papers are all in a muddle.我的文件混乱不堪。◆My desk was the usual muddle of books, files and papers.我的桌子上像往常一样胡乱地堆满了书籍、卷宗和文件。 jumble verb jumble ♦︎ shuffle ♦︎ mix sth up ♦︎ muddleThese words all mean to put things together in the wrong order or a different order. 这些词均表示把物品杂乱地放在一起。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to jumble / mix / muddle things up◆to be jumbled / mixed / muddled up◆to be jumbled / muddled up together◆to jumble / mix up the letters in a word / words in a sentence◆to mix up / muddle sb's papers■ jumble [transitive, usually passive] to mix things together without any order and in an untidy way 乱堆；弄混乱；使杂乱◆The letters in these words have been jumbled up.这些单词的字母顺序已被打乱。◆Books, shoes and clothes were jumbled together on the floor.书本、鞋子和衣服胡乱堆放在地板上。 see also jumble ⇨ mess noun 1 , jumbled ⇨ untidy ■ shuffle [transitive] to move paper or things into different positions or a different order; to completely change the order of all the playing cards in a pack (= set) before playing a game （把纸张或物品）变换位置，打乱次序；洗牌◆He nervously shuffled the papers on his desk.他紧张不安地胡乱翻动桌上的报纸。◆Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player.洗洗牌，然后给每人发七张。■ ˌmix sth ˈup phrasal verb to change the order or arrangement of a group of things, often by mistake or in a way that you do not want 弄乱（顺序或位置）◆Someone has mixed up all the application forms.有人把申请表都弄乱了。◆The words in this proverb have been mixed up.这条谚语中的单词顺序被打乱了。■ muddle [transitive, often passive] (especially BrE) to accidentally change the order or arrangement of a group of things, usually in a way that you do not want （无意中）弄乱（顺序或位置）◆Don't do that－you're muddling my papers.住手，你把我的文件弄乱了。NOTE 辨析 Jumble, mix sth up or muddle?You can jumble or mix things up by mistake or deliberately; things are always muddled by mistake. * jumble或mix sth up指无意中或故意把物品弄乱。muddle则指无意中把物品弄乱◆The words in this proverb have been muddled up. You can mix up or muddle papers or forms by getting them in the wrong order; things that are jumbled are usually objects that are not in any order at all. * mix sth up或muddle指把文件或表格等的顺序搞乱，jumble则通常指物品杂乱无序。 |