Word · Frequency #7679
muddying
使沾上泥；把…弄脏；变得满是泥
muddying is the present participle of muddy.
核心释义
To make someone or something dirty with mud; to cover or splash with mud; also, to become dirty with mud.
- 1.
用泥覆盖或溅到(某人或某物)上。
To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- 2.
沾满泥的
dirty with mud
- 3.
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.
- 4.
使变得泥泞
cause to become muddy
- 5.
使(人或其思维)困惑；使糊涂。
To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- 6.
使浑浊
make turbid
- 7.
损害(人或其名誉)；玷污,败坏。
To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- 8.
使(颜色)变得肮脏、暗淡或柔和。
To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- 9.
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).
- 10.
使(某物)不纯；污染。
To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- 11.
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.
- 12.
指水或其他液体:变得浑浊。
Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
- 13.
变得受污染或不纯。
To become contaminated or impure.
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
用法In use
The kids muddied their shoes playing in the garden after the rain.
用法提示：muddied是muddy的过去式，表示“使沾上泥”的动作。
Heavy rain is muddying the fields, making them difficult to walk through.
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。
The storm muddies the river water, turning it brown and opaque.
用法提示：muddies是第三人称单数形式，表示“使浑浊”的常规状态。
These data would have muddied the prediction
muddy the water
muddy sth (with sth)
muddy 在此是及物动词，表示“使……沾上泥”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- muddy the waters
- 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。
- muddy the issue
- 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。
- muddy one's boots
- 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。
- muddy someone's reputation
- 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。
- muddy one's judgment
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 muddy 拆成 mud（泥）+ dy，想象一脚踩进泥潭，鞋子和思路都被泥弄脏、弄浑。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面语 作动词时，muddy 在字面义（如把…弄脏）和比喻义（如使变得模糊、复杂）中都较常见，语气比较中性；正式与非正式场合都可使用，不过比喻搭配（如 muddy the waters）多用于一般讨论或评论中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 muddy 同韵的词：buddy /ˈbʌdi/、ruddy /ˈrʌdi/、bloody /ˈblʌdi/、study /ˈstʌdi/，重读元音和后面的 /di/ 都相同。注意拼写相近的 body /ˈbɒdi/ 和 shoddy /ˈʃɒdi/ 元音不同（/ɒ/，美式常读 /ɑ/），并不与 muddy 押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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