muddied

英 [ˈmʌdid]

美 [ˈmʌdid]

v.  使变得泥泞; 使浑浊
muddy的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：muddied　过去式：muddied　

BNC.42994 / COCA.34094

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沾满泥的;多泥的;泥泞的
  Something that ismuddycontains mud or is covered in mud.
  1. ...a muddy track...
     泥泞的小道
  2. The ground was still very muddy.
     地上还很泥泞。
  3. ...his muddy boots.
     他沾满泥的靴子
• VERB 使沾上泥
  If youmuddysomething, you cause it to be muddy.
  1. The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
     地面还散发着雨后的气息，他们把鞋上弄得全是泥。
  2. His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
     他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了，还弄上了泥巴。
• ADJ-GRADED 暗褐色的;土黄色的
  Muddyis used to describe a colour which is dull and brownish.
  1. The paper has turned a muddy colour.
     报纸已变成土黄色了。
• VERB 使更为复杂;使难以理解
  If someone or somethingmuddiesa situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
  1. It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
     即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。
  2. ...the mixed motives that muddied Mr Crane's efforts.
     使克兰先生的努力变得难以理解的复杂动机

双语例句

• For a time die-hard Rightists may have muddied the waters in some organizations so that we could not see to the bottom.
  坚决的右派分子，在一个时候，在一些单位，可以把水搞得很混，使我们看不见底。
• So when malignant tissue is grown in the laboratory for experiments that test the effects of new drugs, it's possible the results are muddied, Cogle said.
  所以当实验用作检测新药效果的恶性组织在实验室里生长时，我们就有可能等到混淆结果，Cogle说道。
• The party has not only muddied its message but has also cluttered its political programme with gimmicks.
  这个政党不仅使它的主旨显得扑朔迷离，而且让各种花招充斥它的政治纲领。
• For too long, he says, American politics were muddied by geography.
  他说，美国政治陷入地缘主义的时间已经太长了。
• Of course, the picture is muddied by the vast changes that religion went through in the journey from tribal dancing to Anglican hymns.
  当然，随着宗教经历了从部落舞蹈到圣公会赞歌的发展，巨大的变化也使这种优势模糊了。
• But waters get muddied when it comes to owning thoughts intellectual property.
  但提到拥有思想（即知识产权）时，水就被搅浑了。
• Industrial activity has muddied the river, like so many of the other once clear chalk streams of the area.
  工业活动使这条河变浑浊了，就像该地区其它许多曾经清澈的白垩河流一样。
• The origin of snakes is a little bit muddied.
  蛇类的起源还不是很清楚。
• But there is a tacit acknowledgment that the commercialisation of the applications process, with many companies offering essay-writing services for MBA applicants, has muddied the waters.
  不过，人们有一种心照不宣的共识：申请流程的商业化（许多企业为MBA申请人提供申请短文写作服务）令情况变得更为复杂。
• A hole in the bow of the ship made by a torpedo. The first blow muddied his head.
  ***在船头击出一个洞。头一击就把他打糊涂了。