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

• But there is a tacit acknowledgment that the commercialisation of the applications process, with many companies offering essay-writing services for MBA applicants, has muddied the waters.
  不过，人们有一种心照不宣的共识：申请流程的商业化（许多企业为MBA申请人提供申请短文写作服务）令情况变得更为复杂。
• Industrial activity has muddied the river, like so many of the other once clear chalk streams of the area.
  工业活动使这条河变浑浊了，就像该地区其它许多曾经清澈的白垩河流一样。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sliding to put pressure on Distin, his shorts are muddied for the first time.79 minutes: First chance to score for Arsenal.
  第79分钟：获得打进阿森纳首球的机会。接亨利传球，可惜他的射门被詹姆斯扑出。
• At the beginning, someone accidentally fell into the water field with the cart and was muddied all over.
  开始时，不时有人连人带车栽进水田里去，弄得浑身上下泥人一般。
• There are as yet no tracks through the drifts, no muddied slush in the roads.
  至今积雪上还没有任何足迹，道路上也没有踏脏的雪泥。
• 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。
• -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。
• 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。