muddied

英 [ˈmʌdid]

美 [ˈmʌdid]

v.  使变得泥泞; 使浑浊
muddy的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：muddied　过去式：muddied　

BNC.42994 / COCA.34094

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沾满泥的;多泥的;泥泞的
  Something that ismuddycontains mud or is covered in mud.
  1. ...a muddy track...
     泥泞的小道
  2. The ground was still very muddy.
     地上还很泥泞。
  3. ...his muddy boots.
     他沾满泥的靴子
• VERB 使沾上泥
  If youmuddysomething, you cause it to be muddy.
  1. The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
     地面还散发着雨后的气息，他们把鞋上弄得全是泥。
  2. His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
     他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了，还弄上了泥巴。
• ADJ-GRADED 暗褐色的;土黄色的
  Muddyis used to describe a colour which is dull and brownish.
  1. The paper has turned a muddy colour.
     报纸已变成土黄色了。
• VERB 使更为复杂;使难以理解
  If someone or somethingmuddiesa situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
  1. It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
     即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。
  2. ...the mixed motives that muddied Mr Crane's efforts.
     使克兰先生的努力变得难以理解的复杂动机

双语例句

• A hole in the bow of the ship made by a torpedo. The first blow muddied his head.
  鱼雷在船头击出一个洞。头一击就把他打糊涂了。
• The pursuit was renewed, till the water was again muddied.
  他又捉起来，直到水又搅浑了。
• Of course, the picture is muddied by the vast changes that religion went through in the journey from tribal dancing to Anglican hymns.
  当然，随着宗教经历了从部落舞蹈到圣公会赞歌的发展，巨大的变化也使这种优势模糊了。
• -Laughter: mood-improving endorphins are released when we laugh, which seems an obvious reason to do it but a 10-year study muddied the waters when it found more laughter is produced by banal comments than jokes.
  2-笑：当我们笑时，会释放改善情绪的安多酚，这个理由看似显而易见。但一项长达10年的研究发现，陈腔滥调比笑话更能引人发笑，这又让人糊涂了。
• So when malignant tissue is grown in the laboratory for experiments that test the effects of new drugs, it's possible the results are muddied, Cogle said.
  所以当实验用作检测新药效果的恶性组织在实验室里生长时，我们就有可能等到混淆结果，Cogle说道。
• The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes
  地面还散发着雨后的气息，他们把鞋上弄得全是泥。
• For too long, he says, American politics were muddied by geography.
  他说，美国政治陷入地缘主义的时间已经太长了。
• Accountants also suggest that the evolution of financial reporting might have muddied the waters.
  会计师们还暗示，财务报表的演进可能也把水搅得更混。
• Among investment companies the response has been less positive and even the successes have been muddied.
  投资企业的回应就没有那么积极了，就算取得了成功，也被搞糊涂了。
• The US is among those to have muddied the waters.
  美国是把水搅浑的国家之一。