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mess

noun
 
/mes/
/mes/

    untidy state

  1.  
     [countable, usually singular] a dirty or untidy state肮脏；杂乱；不整洁
    • in a mess The room was in a mess.房间杂乱不堪。
    • The kids made a mess in the bathroom.孩子们把浴室搞得一塌糊涂。
    • ‘What a mess!’ she said, surveying the scene after the party.看着聚会后的场面，她说：“真是一片狼藉！”
    • My hair's a real mess!我的头发太乱了！
    Extra Examples
    • Must you always leave such a mess?你非要总搞得这么乱吗？
    • Sorry, this place is a bit of a mess.对不起，这儿有点儿乱。
    • Let's try to sort out the mess.我们来收拾一下残局吧。
    • Why don't you clean up this disgusting mess?你干吗不把这些乱七八糟的东西清理一下？
    • They've left the most terrible mess in their bedrooms.他们的卧室里留下了最糟糕的乱七八糟的东西。
    • She searched through the mess of papers on her desk.她把自己桌上那堆杂乱的文件翻了个遍。
    • Soon both fighters were a bloody mess of flying punches.很快两个斗士就乱拳挥舞打成了一团，只见到处是血。
    • There was a soggy mess of porridge on the table.桌上有一团湿乎乎的麦片粥。
    • There was a tangled mess of wires under her desk.她的桌子下面有一团乱七八糟的电线。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • fine
    • …
    verb + mess
    • leave
    • make
    • clean up
    • …
    preposition
    • in a mess
    • mess of
    phrases
    • make a mess of things
    2.

    difficult situation

  2. [countable, usually singular] a situation that is full of problems, usually because of a lack of organization or because of mistakes that somebody has made（组织欠佳或人为导致的）麻烦，困境，混乱
    • in a mess The economy is in a mess.经济陷入了困境。
    • a financial mess金融混乱
    • I feel I've made a mess of things.我觉得我把事情搞糟了。
    • How did this whole mess start?这混乱状态怎么开始的？
    • Let's try to sort out the mess.我们来收拾一下残局吧。
    • How do we get out of this mess?我们怎样才能摆脱这种混乱局面？
    • The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place.关键问题是他们是怎么惹出这样的麻烦的。
    • (ironic) That’s another fine mess you’ve got us into.这又是你给我们带来的另一场麻烦。
    • The entire event is a sorry mess.整个事件是一团糟。
    see also hot mess
    Extra Examples
    • A new managing director has been appointed to clear up the financial mess.新任命了一位常务董事来收拾财务的残局。
    • I got myself into a complete mess.我惹上了天大的麻烦。
    • I have to try to fix the mess you caused.我不得不努力收拾你弄的这个烂摊子。
    • I'm in a huge mess. I don't know what to do.我身陷巨大的混乱之中，不知如何是好。
    • My life's becoming a big mess.我的生活正变为一团乱麻。
    • The whole situation is a giant mess.整个情形混乱一片。
    • The whole situation is a mess.整个局势一片混乱。
    • The plot is an incoherent mess.那情节是一团毫无条理的乱麻。
    • We found ourselves in a real mess.我们发现自己深陷麻烦之中。
    • Who got us into this mess in the first place?首先，究竟是谁让我们惹上这样的麻烦？
    • You started this entire mess!是你起头把这弄得一团糟！
    • There is still a way out of this economic mess.摆脱经济困境仍有出路。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • fine
    • …
    verb + mess
    • leave
    • make
    • clean up
    • …
    preposition
    • in a mess
    • mess of
    phrases
    • make a mess of things
    3.

    person

  3. [singular] a person who is dirty or whose clothes and hair are not tidy不整洁（或邋遢、不修边幅）的人
    • You're a mess!你真邋遢！
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • fine
    • …
    verb + mess
    • leave
    • make
    • clean up
    • …
    preposition
    • in a mess
    • mess of
    phrases
    • make a mess of things
  4. [singular] (informal) a person who has serious problems and is in a bad mental condition有严重问题且精神失常的人
    • When my wife left me I was a total mess.当我的妻子离开我时，我彻底陷入困境。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • fine
    • …
    verb + mess
    • leave
    • make
    • clean up
    • …
    preposition
    • in a mess
    • mess of
    phrases
    • make a mess of things
    5.

    animal waste

  5. [uncountable, countable] (informal) the excrement (= solid waste matter) of an animal, usually a dog or cat（狗、猫等的）粪便

    6. a lot

  6. [singular] a mess of something (North American English, informal) a lot of something大量；许多
    • There's a mess of fish down there, so get your lines in the water.那底下有很多鱼，快下钩吧。
    7.

    armed forces

  7. [countable]
    (also mess hall especially in North American English)
    a building or room in which members of the armed forces have their meals（军队的）食堂，餐厅
    • the officers’ mess军官食堂
    8. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French mes ‘portion of food’, from late Latin missum ‘something put on the table’, past participle of mittere ‘send, put’. The original sense was ‘a serving of (semi-liquid) food’, later ‘liquid food for an animal’; this gave rise (early 19th cent.) to the senses ‘unappetizing concoction’ and ‘predicament’, on which senses 1, 3 and 4 are based. In late Middle English the term also denoted any of the small groups into which the company at a banquet was divided (who were served from the same dishes); hence, ‘a group who regularly eat together’ (recorded in military use from the mid 16th cent.).

mess

verb
/mes/
/mes/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mess
/mes/
/mes/
he / she / it messes
/ˈmesɪz/
/ˈmesɪz/
past simple messed
/mest/
/mest/
past participle messed
/mest/
/mest/
-ing form messing
/ˈmesɪŋ/
/ˈmesɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs

    make untidy

  1. [transitive] mess something (especially North American English, informal) to make something dirty or untidy使不整洁；弄脏；弄乱
    • Careful—you're messing my hair.小心，你弄乱我的头发了。
    2.

    of an animal

  2. [intransitive] to empty its bowels somewhere that it should not随地便溺
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French mes ‘portion of food’, from late Latin missum ‘something put on the table’, past participle of mittere ‘send, put’. The original sense was ‘a serving of (semi-liquid) food’, later ‘liquid food for an animal’; this gave rise (early 19th cent.) to the senses ‘unappetizing concoction’ and ‘predicament’, on which senses 1, 3 and 4 are based. In late Middle English the term also denoted any of the small groups into which the company at a banquet was divided (who were served from the same dishes); hence, ‘a group who regularly eat together’ (recorded in military use from the mid 16th cent.).
Idioms
mess with somebody's head
  1. (informal) to make somebody feel annoyed, anxious or upset使某人感到恼火、焦虑或不安
    • When they spend all this time on social media, they are seeing things that mess with their heads.当他们把所有时间都花在社交媒体上时，他们会看到一些让他们头脑混乱的事情。
no messing
  1. (informal) used to say that something has been done easily毫不费力；不费吹灰之力；轻而易举
    • We finished in time, no messing.我们不费吹灰之力，就按时完成了。
not mess around
(British English also not mess about)
  1. (informal) to do something quickly, efficiently or in the right way不磨蹭；不拖沓；麻利地做；妥善处理
    • When they decide to have a party they don't mess around.他们决定了要搞聚会，便会迅速操办起来。
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