muddy sth (with sth)
muddy 在此是及物动词，表示“使……沾上泥”。
The children muddied their boots on the path.
孩子们在小路上把靴子弄脏了。
使沾上泥；把…弄脏；变得满是泥
muddied — past of muddy
搅浑；使浑浊；把…弄浑浊；使糊涂；把…弄糊涂；搅乱（思绪）；玷污；败坏（名声）；使（颜色）变脏；使变得暗淡；使复杂化；把…搞乱；弄糟
To make someone or something dirty with mud; to cover or splash with mud; also, to become dirty with mud.
用泥覆盖或溅到(某人或某物)上。
To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
沾满泥的
dirty with mud
通过搅起泥或其他沉淀物使(水或其他液体)浑浊。
To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
使变得泥泞
cause to become muddy
使(人或其思维)困惑；使糊涂。
To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
使浑浊
make turbid
损害(人或其名誉)；玷污,败坏。
To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
使(颜色)变得肮脏、暗淡或柔和。
To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
使(事情等)更复杂或不清楚；搞砸(某事)。
To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
使(某物)不纯；污染。
To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
有时后接 up:被泥覆盖或溅上泥；变得肮脏或弄脏。
Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
指水或其他液体:变得浑浊。
Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
变得受污染或不纯。
To become contaminated or impure.
一般现在时
He muddies the water.
他弄浑了水。
一般过去时
She muddied her shoes.
她弄脏了鞋子。
现在进行时
The rain is muddying the path.
雨水正在使小路泥泞。
注意：动词muddy的规则变化。
The kids muddied their shoes playing in the garden after the rain.
雨后孩子们在花园里玩耍，把鞋子弄脏了。
用法提示：muddied是muddy的过去式，表示“使沾上泥”的动作。
AI contextual example
Heavy rain is muddying the fields, making them difficult to walk through.
大雨正在使田野变得泥泞，难以行走。
用法提示：muddying是现在分词，表示正在进行的“使变得泥泞”的过程。
AI contextual example
The storm muddies the river water, turning it brown and opaque.
暴风雨搅浑了河水，使其变成棕色且不透明。
用法提示：muddies是第三人称单数形式，表示“使浑浊”的常规状态。
AI contextual example
muddy 在此是及物动词，表示“使……沾上泥”。
The children muddied their boots on the path.
孩子们在小路上把靴子弄脏了。
这是习语，意为“使情况变得复杂或模糊”，不要按字面理解为“把水弄脏”。
Adding more details will only muddy the waters.
添加更多细节只会把水搅浑。
muddy sth up 是短语动词，宾语为代词时应放在中间，如 muddy it up。
The rain muddied up the path.
雨水把小路弄得泥泞不堪。
最常用，直接指向思维或理解的混乱；muddy 常带“把水搅浑”的隐喻，confuse 不强调故意使复杂。
强调从清晰变模糊，多用于判断、记忆；cloud 也可指具体视线受阻，muddy 更侧重抽象。
强调界限或细节变朦胧，常与界限、区别搭配；blur 比 muddy 更常指视觉或直接印象。
偏正式，暗含有意或自然地遮蔽真相；比 muddy 语气强，常用于书面语。
侧重把事情弄得一团糟，结果混乱无序；muddy 更强调“不清晰”而非“无序”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The rain muddyed the path.
正确表达The rain muddied the path.
muddy 以辅音字母 + y 结尾，构成过去式时要把 y 改成 i 再加 -ed，因此是 muddied，而不是 muddyed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The children muddied on their clothes.
正确表达The children muddied their clothes.
muddy 作动词表示“把……弄上泥”时是及物动词，宾语要直接跟在后面，不能像中文“在衣服上弄上泥”那样加介词 on；应说 muddied their clothes。
grammar · medium
易错句子His comments only muddied the water.
正确表达His comments only muddied the waters.
表示“把局面搅浑、使事情复杂化”这一比喻义时，固定搭配是 muddy the waters，water 要用复数；若用单数 the water，一般表示字面上的“把水搅浑”，不是说话人想表达的比喻义。
针对“用泥弄脏”义：clean 是 muddy 的直接反义词，表示去除泥污，使恢复干净。
针对“用泥弄脏”义：wash 强调用水冲洗掉泥污，与 clean 相比更具体地指用水清洁。
muddy 也可表示“使糊涂”，但它还包含“用泥弄脏、使浑浊”等具体含义；muddle 更侧重把事物、想法或事情搅乱、搞错，不涉及泥或液体。
muddy 指用泥弄脏或使变脏；soil 泛指弄脏，不特指泥，常用于衣物、名誉等，范围更广。
muddy 强调搅起沉淀物使液体浑浊，或使思维混乱；cloud 常指雾气、云层遮住或使镜面、判断、记忆变得模糊，不一定与泥有关。
搅浑水；把事情搞复杂
His comments only muddied the waters instead of clarifying the plan.
他的评论只是把事情搞复杂了，并没有澄清计划。
把问题弄复杂；使问题模糊不清
Adding unrelated complaints will muddy the issue for the committee.
加入无关的抱怨会让委员会难以看清问题。
把靴子弄脏；沾上泥
We muddied our boots walking across the wet field.
我们穿过湿漉漉的田野，靴子上沾满了泥。
玷污某人的名誉
The false story was meant to muddy his reputation before the election.
这个虚假报道意在选举前玷污他的名声。
扰乱判断力
Lack of sleep can muddy your judgment.
睡眠不足会扰乱你的判断力。
root; related words: mudslide, mudflat, mudbath
suffix; related words: sandy, rainy, cloudy
在泥泞环境中行走时，靴子常被溅上或沾满泥，是动词 muddy 的常见宾语。
泥坑里的泥水会使衣物或鞋沾上泥，muddy 常用以描述这种弄脏过程。
泥地上留下的足迹或车辙，表示 muddy 的结果或痕迹。
搅动泥沙使水变浑浊是 muddy 的典型用法之一。
溅起泥水是使某物变得 muddy 的常见方式。
把水搅浑；混淆视听
The new evidence only muddied the waters instead of clarifying the case.
新证据只是把水搅浑了，并没有让案件更清楚。
使问题复杂化；混淆问题
Don't bring up unrelated details—that will just muddy the issue.
别提无关的细节，那只会把问题搞复杂。
使情况变模糊；使局面难以看清
Conflicting reports have muddied the picture of what really happened.
相互矛盾的报告使真相变得模糊不清。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.