mess

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

名词 mess:

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness
   同义词：messiness, muss, mussiness
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   同义词：fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
3. soft semiliquid food
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
   同义词：mess hall
6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   同义词：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

动词 mess:

1. eat in a mess hall
2. make a mess of or create disorder in
   同义词：mess up

1. Don't mess up my hair: I've just combed it.
   别把我的头发弄乱，我刚梳好。
2. I was asked to organize the trip, but I messed it up.
   大家要我组织这次旅游，可是我把事情搞糟了。
3. I love just messing about in the garden.
   我就是喜欢在花园里瞎转。
4. Stop messing about my work!
   别再妨碍我工作！
5. Who messed up my papers?
   谁把我的文件搞得乱七八糟？
6. The local economy is now in a mess.
   当地的经济现在很混乱。

mess

n.（名词）
A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble:
杂乱，混乱：凌乱或肮脏的一堆、一块或一团：
例句：
left a mess in the yard.
把庭院搞得一团糟

A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition:
污秽：混乱的、凌乱的，通常为脏乱的状态：
例句：
The kitchen was in a mess.
厨房又脏又乱

A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle:
混乱的局面：混乱的、扰乱的或令人困窘的情境；混乱：
例句：
With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.
离婚和破产的官司使得他的生活陷入一片混乱当中

One that is in such a condition:
混乱，肮脏：处于以上情况者：
例句：
clothes that were a mess after painting the ceiling; made a mess of their marriage.
粉刷天花板后，衣服被弄得肮脏不堪；把他们的婚姻搞得一团糟

An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish:
一份食物：一顿饭、一道菜或一份菜的食物份量：
例句：
cooked up a mess of fish.
烧一盘鱼

A serving of soft, semiliquid food:
软滑的、半流质的食物：
例句：
a mess of porridge.
一碗粥

A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.
共餐者，伙食团：经常一块用膳的一群人，通常指士兵或水手
Food or a meal served to such a group:
集体膳食：集体用膳人员吃的食物：
例句：
took mess with the enlistees.
与新兵们一起用膳

A mess hall.
餐厅，食堂
v.（动词）
messed,mess.ing,mess.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul:
弄脏，使混乱：把…弄乱或把…弄脏；使污秽或使凌乱：
例句：
a puppy that still messes the floor.
会弄脏地板的小狗

To botch; bungle.
弄糟；搞砸
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To cause or make a mess.
引起或制造脏乱
To use or handle something carelessly; fiddle:
摆弄，乱搞：粗心地使用和操作；瞎搞：
例句：
messed with the blender until he broke it.
他摆弄着那台搅拌器直至将它弄坏

To intrude; interfere:
侵入；干预：
例句：
messing in the neighbors` affairs.
干预邻居的事情

To take a meal in a military mess.
聚餐：在军队的集体用膳食堂吃饭

<常用词组>mess around 【非正式用语】
To pass time in aimless puttering.
虚度光阴
To associate casually or playfully:
随便交往或厮混：
例句：
liked to mess around with pals on days off.
喜欢休息日与朋友们厮混

mess up
Informal To make a mistake, especially from nervousness or confusion:
【非正式用语】 犯错误，尤指因紧张或混乱而致：
例句：
messed up and dropped the ball.
慌慌张张把球掉了

Slang To beat up; manhandle:
【俚语】 狠揍；粗暴地对待：
例句：
got messed up in a brawl.
在吵闹中打斗起来

来源：
Middle English mes [course of a meal, food, group of people eating together]
中古英语 mes [一道菜、食物，集体用膳的人员]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin missus
源自 后期拉丁语 missus
from Latin [past participle of] mittere [to place]
源自 拉丁语 [] mittere的过去分词 [放置]