Word · Frequency #3520
muds
弄脏；使沾上泥
muds is the third person singular of mud.
To make something muddy or dirty; to cover or soil with mud.
- 1.
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
使变得泥泞或肮脏；将泥涂在(某物)上
- 2.
To make turbid.
使浑浊
- 3.
To go under the mud, as an eel does.
像鳗鱼一样钻入泥中
- 4.
soil with mud, muck, or mire
用泥、污泥或泥沼覆盖
使浑浊；钻入泥中；使变得泥泞或肮脏；将泥涂在(某物)上；像鳗鱼一样钻入泥中；用泥、污泥或泥沼覆盖
In use
The heavy rain mudded the dirt road, making it impassable.
The kids were mudding their boots while playing in the backyard.
The pig muds its pen every day, so it needs regular cleaning.
Verb forms
base mud · third person muds · -ing mudding · past mudded · past participle mudded
动词mud表示用泥弄脏或覆盖，常用于手动操作。
Connections
Collocations
- mud the walls
- 给墙面抹泥（或涂泥浆）
- The villagers mudded the walls of their houses before the rainy season.雨季到来之前，村民们给自家房子的墙面抹上了泥。
Pop culture & quotes
- Mud, mud, glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
- 泥巴，泥巴，光荣的泥巴！没有什么比它更能让血液冷静下来的了。In Flanders and Swann's 1952 comic song "The Hippopotamus", the hippo sings "Mud, mud, glorious mud!" as it happily wallows.在弗兰德斯与斯旺1952年的滑稽歌曲《河马》中，河马一边快乐地打滚，一边唱着“泥巴，泥巴，光荣的泥巴！”。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到 mud 就想到地上湿泥；动词就是往东西上抹泥、弄脏，像泥巴甩到裤腿上。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：建筑/施工中给表面抹泥、文学描写中表示沾满泥或使浑浊、描述动物钻入泥中 该词作动词的用法比较有限，正式程度因语境而异：在建筑或施工中表示“抹泥”是行业用法，在文学描写中表示“使沾满泥”或“使浑浊”比较书面，日常口语则更常说 muddy。建议根据具体场景选择搭配。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ʌd/ 结尾，与 mud 押韵：bud、cud、dud、spud、stud、thud。注意拼写相近的 mood /muːd/、mad /mæd/ 与 mud 不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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