n.[U]
- 糞,廄肥;堆肥
- 腐殖土;淤泥
- 【口】汙物;髒亂
The kids were covered in
muck.
孩子們渾身骯髒不堪。
- 【英】【口】品質低劣的東西
That novel is sheer
muck.
那本小說完全是劣質品。
vt.
- 施廄肥(或堆肥)於
- 【口】弄髒[(+up)]
I
mucked up my shirt when I was working in the garden.
我在花園裡幹活時把襯衫弄得一團糟。
- 【主英】【口】把……弄得一團糟;打亂[(+up)]
The change in the weather has
mucked up our sports timetable.
天氣的變化打亂了我們運動比賽的日程。
片語
muck about/around
- 閒蕩;混日子
--"What's he up to?" --"Oh, just
mucking about."
— "他在做什麼?" —"哦,不過是在混日子而已。"
- 耍弄
Give me a straight answer, don't
muck me
about!
給我一個乾脆的回答,不要耍弄我!
muck in
- 一起出力;一起幹活;參加
If we all
muck in we'll soon finish the job.
要是我們一起出力,很快就能把活做完。
muck out
- 打掃(畜舍)
I've
mucked out the henhouses.
雞舍我已打掃過了。
muck up
- 把……弄髒
He fell down and came home with his clothes all
mucked up.
他跌了一跤,一身髒衣服回家。
- 把……弄糟
--"How was the exam?" --"I
mucked it
up."
—"考試情況怎樣?" —"我全考砸了。"
My son
mucked up the car engine by using cheap, low grade gasoline.
我的兒子使用便宜的低級汽油,汽車引擎損壞了。
The hoarse tenor singer
mucked up the recital.
沙啞的男高音把音樂會搞砸了。
as common as muck
- 舉止粗俗;沒有教養
When she starts talking you'll realize that she's
as common as muck.
她一開口,你就會明白這人缺乏教養。
drag through the mud/muck
- 玷污;詆毀
Your behavior is causing our reputation to be
dragged through the muck.
你的行為在玷污我們的名聲。
衍生
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.
-
(muck about/around)
Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way.
-
(muck someone about/around)
Brit. informal treat someone inconsiderately, typically by disrupting their plans.
-
(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.