mud·dy

adjective

/ˈmʌdi/

(comparative muddier, superlative muddiest)

full of or covered in mud多泥的；泥泞的
- a muddy field/track泥泞的田野／小径
- muddy boots/knees沾满泥浆的靴子／膝盖
- Look, you’ve made the floor all muddy!瞧，你把地板弄得到处是泥。
Synonyms dirty
dirtydusty ▪ filthy ▪ muddy ▪ soiled ▪ grubby ▪ stainedThese words all describe somebody/something that is not clean.
dirty not clean; covered with dust, soil, mud, oil, etc:
If your hands are dirty, go and wash them.要是你的手脏了，就去洗一洗。
dusty full of dust; covered with dust:
There were shelves full of dusty books.有些书架上全是布满灰尘的书。
filthy very dirty and unpleasant:
It’s absolutely filthy in here.这里面脏得不得了。
muddy full of or covered in mud:
Don’t you come in here with those muddy boots on!你不要穿着那双沾满泥浆的靴子进来！
soiled (rather formal) dirty, especially with waste from the body:
soiled nappies/diapers脏尿布
grubby (rather informal) rather dirty, usually because it has not been washed:
He hoped she wouldn’t notice his grubby shirt cuffs.他希望她不会注意到他肮脏的衬衫袖口。
stained (often in compounds) covered with stains; marked with a stain (= a dirty mark that is difficult to remove):
a pair of paint-stained jeans一条沾满油漆的牛仔裤
Patterns
- dirty/dusty/filthy/muddy/soiled/grubby/stained clothes
- dirty/dusty/filthy/grubby hands
- a dirty/dusty/filthy room
- to get dirty/dusty/filthy/muddy/stained
Extra Examples
- My boots were all muddy.我的靴子沾满了泥。
- The rain had made the field very muddy.雨下得田里泥泞不堪。
- The rain had made the football pitch extremely muddy.大雨使足球场泥泞不堪。
- We all got a bit muddy and wet.我们身上全都沾上了泥，衣服也湿了。
- Don't you come in here with those muddy boots on!你不要穿着那双沾满泥浆的靴子进来！
- The grass was very muddy from constant rain.由于持续下雨，草地变得非常泥泞。
- We drove along the muddy track.我们沿着那条泥泞的小路驱车前行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- become
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
(of a liquid) containing mud; not clear含泥的；浑浊的
- muddy water泥水
- a muddy pond浑浊的池塘
- The water where the dolphins were kept was so muddy that they could not see anything.饲养海豚的水很浑浊，什么也看不见。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- become
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
(of colours) not clear or bright灰暗的；暗淡的
- muddy green/brown暗绿色；暗褐色

mud·dy

verb

/ˈmʌdi/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they muddy	/ˈmʌdi/ /ˈmʌdi/
he / she / it muddies	/ˈmʌdiz/ /ˈmʌdiz/
past simple muddied	/ˈmʌdid/ /ˈmʌdid/
past participle muddied	/ˈmʌdid/ /ˈmʌdid/
-ing form muddying	/ˈmʌdiɪŋ/ /ˈmʌdiɪŋ/

Idioms

muddy something to make something muddy使变得泥泞；使浑浊
- She had muddied her white dress.她弄脏了她的白色裙子。

Idioms

muddy the waters, issue, etc.

(disapproving) to make a simple situation confused and more complicated than it really is搅浑水；添乱
- She deliberately muddied the waters by constantly referring to other irrelevant cases.她不断提及其他不相干的案件，故意搅浑水。