Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1894
soil
弄脏；变脏
to make or become dirty
- 1.
To make dirty.
弄脏
- 2.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
在棚内或围栏中用新鲜草料或切割的绿色食物喂养牲畜；因此(由于这种食物有清理作用)通过喂绿色食物来清理
- 3.
To become dirty or soiled.
变脏或被弄脏
- 4.
To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
玷污或损害名誉；使蒙羞
- 5.
To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
因意外排便而弄脏衣物
- 6.
To make invalid, to ruin.
使无效,毁坏
- 7.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
用土壤或肥料使肥沃
因失禁弄脏衣裤；拉在裤子里；玷污；使蒙羞；使无效；毁掉；给…施肥；施粪肥；用青饲料圈喂（牲畜）
In use
Don't soil your new shirt with paint.
The children soiled their clothes while playing in the garden.
The white curtains were soiled by smoke from the kitchen.
Verb forms
base soil · third person soils · -ing soiling · past soiled · past participle soiled
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- soil oneself
- 拉在裤子里；失禁弄脏自己
- The elderly patient was embarrassed after soiling himself.那位老年病人因拉在裤子里而感到尴尬。
- soil one's hands
- 弄脏手；做不光彩的事
- He refused to soil his hands with corruption.他拒绝因腐败而玷污自己的双手。
- soil one's reputation
- 玷污名誉
- The scandal soiled the politician's reputation.这桩丑闻玷污了那位政客的名誉。
Idioms & figurative uses
- soil one's hands
- 弄脏自己的手；做不光彩的事He refused to soil his hands by taking bribes.他拒绝受贿，免得弄脏自己的手。
- soil oneself
- 吓得拉裤子；极度惊恐I almost soiled myself when I saw the bill.我看到账单时差点吓尿了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：泥土(soil)沾到衣服上就弄脏了，所以动词 soil 是“弄脏”；soiled 即“脏了的”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal/literary writing、medical/care contexts、euphemistic speech 表示“弄脏”时，soil多用于较正式或书面化的表达；在医疗、护理语境中soiled（被弄脏的）比较常见，日常口语更常用dirty或get sth dirty。也可作委婉语，指“因失禁而弄脏衣裤”，此时较为常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
boil、coil、toil、spoil、oil 都与 soil 押韵，均读 /ɔɪl/；soul 拼写近似，但读 /soʊl/，发音不同。
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 3，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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