mussy + noun
mussy 常用于名词前,形容头发、衣物或床铺等被揉乱、弄皱的样子。
She answered the door with mussy hair and sleepy eyes.
她头发凌乱、睡眼惺忪地来开门。
凌乱的;乱糟糟的
凌乱的;皱巴巴的;杂乱的;紊乱的;肮脏的
messy; rumpled
凌乱的;皱巴巴的
Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.
Her room was mussy with clothes and books scattered everywhere.
她的房间乱七八糟,到处都是衣服和书。
用法提示:mussy 在这里描述房间杂乱无章的状态。
The kitchen became mussy after cooking a big meal.
做了一顿大餐后,厨房变得又脏又乱。
用法提示:mussy 形容厨房使用后的脏乱状态。
He tried to organize his mussy desk before the meeting.
会议前他试图整理自己凌乱的办公桌。
用法提示:mussy 描述办公桌杂乱无序。
mussy 常用于名词前,形容头发、衣物或床铺等被揉乱、弄皱的样子。
She answered the door with mussy hair and sleepy eyes.
她头发凌乱、睡眼惺忪地来开门。
放在 look、seem 等系动词后作表语,描述主语当时的状态。
His shirt looked mussy after the long flight.
长途飞行后,他的衬衫看上去皱巴巴的。
get 后接 mussy,强调状态发生变化,变得凌乱或起皱。
The cushions get mussy if you sit on them all day.
如果整天坐在上面,靠垫会变得乱糟糟的。
比较级 mussier 用于两者比较,最高级为 mussiest。
After the nap, his hair was even mussier than before.
睡了一觉后,他的头发比之前更乱了。
grammar · medium
易错句子My hair very mussy after I wake up.
正确表达My hair is very mussy after I wake up.
汉语形容词可以直接作谓语(如“我的头发很乱”),但英语形容词不能单独作谓语,必须与系动词 be 连用。这里需要在 very 前补上 is,构成“主语 + be + 形容词”结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子Don't mussy up your new clothes.
正确表达Don't mess up your new clothes.
mussy 是形容词,不能直接加 up 构成动词短语。表示“弄乱”应使用动词短语 mess up(或 muss up);这里把形容词误当成了动词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The schedule is very mussy.
正确表达The schedule is very messy.
mussy 只描述头发、衣服、床铺等具体事物被弄乱、起皱的状态,不用于计划、日程等抽象事物。表示抽象事物的杂乱无章要用 messy(或 disorganized)。
两者都可表示不整洁,但 messy 更常用,范围也更广,可形容房间、头发、局面等;mussy 更强调头发或衣物被弄乱、揉皱后的状态,较少用于抽象局面。
mousy 主要指像老鼠的、灰褐色的,或形容人腼腆不起眼;mussy 表示凌乱、皱巴巴。二者拼写和发音接近,但意义不同,不能互换。
fussy 指人挑剔、讲究,或指装饰过于繁复;mussy 指被弄乱、皱巴巴。二者押韵且拼写相近,但 fussy 不表示凌乱,选择时看是否需要表达“不整洁”。
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