n.

1. 伙食團；食堂；集體用膳人員；伙食[C][U]
   The officers are at mess.

   軍官們正在用餐。

   The party will be held in the officers' mess.

   聚會將在軍官食堂舉行。

   The whole mess burst out laughing.

   全食堂的人都突然笑了起來。

2. 一份食品（常指半流質的）；（獵物等吃的）雜食；足夠一頓吃的量[C]
   He caught a large mess of fish.

   他捕到足夠飽餐一頓的魚。

3. 混亂，凌亂的狀態[U][S1]
   Her hair was in a terrible mess.

   她的頭髮亂極了。

4. 髒亂的東西；（狗，貓的）屎[U][C]
   Would you please clean up the mess?

   請你把這些骯髒的東西清理掉好嗎？

5. 困境，狼狽的處境，一團糟[S]
   She made a pretty bad mess of it.

   她把事情搞得一團糟。

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

   他真邋遢！

vt.

1. 使就餐，供給……膳食
2. 弄髒，弄亂[（+up）]
   I was used to him messing up the kitchen.

   我對他把廚房弄髒已經習慣了。

3. 弄糟，毀壞[（+up）]
   I messed it up.

   我把事情搞糟了。

4. 粗暴地對待，毆打[（+up）]
   The gang messed him up.

   那幫人把他揍了一頓。

vi.

1. 準備伙食，供膳
2. 集體用膳[Q][（+with/together）]
   In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers.

   在這個兵營裡，士兵不和軍官一起用餐。

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

   她數學考砸了。

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

   不要擺弄那枝槍。

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

   他星期天胡混了一整天。

6. 干預[（+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.