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mudmQdn [U]earth that has become wet and sticky泥土，烂泥The heavy rain caused a landslide of mud and stones.暴雨造成泥石的塌方。The vehicles got bogged down in the heavy mud.车辆陷于淤泥中不能前进。Her bicycle was caked with (= covered with dry) mud.她的自行车上布满干泥。The soldiers squelched (= moved noisily) through the mud.士兵们格喳着走过泥地。The pigs were wallowing (= lying) in the mud.猪在泥淖中打滚。Modern houses have replaced the one-room mud huts with grass roofs that had been home to generations of peasants.新式房子代替了农民世代居住的单间草顶土屋。These mud flats (= level ground near the sea) are a site of special scientific interest.这些淤泥滩是科学家极关注的场所。If you hurl/throw/sling mud at someone you say insulting or unfair things about them, esp. to try to damage their reputation.中伤某人，诽谤某人Although no hint of the scandal has stuck to him, there are still people willing to throw mud in his direction.虽然他从没有沾上一点丑闻，还是有很多人想诽谤他。Business relationships suffered from the mud-slinging, muck-raking and bad blood of the takeover war.业务关系由于兼并冲突中诽谤、刺探阴私和挑拨离间而大受挫伤。The court cleared him of fraud-- but mud sticks (= a bad reputation is hard to lose).法庭开脱了他的欺诈罪名----可他已名声扫地。A mud pie is a small round shape made of mud by children playing.（儿童做着玩的）泥饼Mud wrestling is a sport in which one woman fights with another woman in mud by holding her and trying to make her fall, while men watch.女子摔跤
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