muddle

名词 muddle:

1. a confused multitude of things
   同义词：clutter, jumble, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   同义词：fix, hole, jam, mess, pickle, kettle of fish

动词 muddle:

1. make into a puddle
   同义词：puddle
2. mix up or confuse
   同义词：addle, puddle

1. We muddle along from day to day.
   我们一天天地混日子。
2. There was a muddle over our hotel accommodation.
   我们旅馆的食宿安排十分混乱。
3. The cleaner had muddled my papers, and I couldn't find the one I wanted.
   清洁工把我的文件弄乱了，我找不到我要的那份了。
4. The old lady gets in(to) a muddle trying to work the video.
   那老太太想开录像机，但是越搞越糊涂。
5. Stop talking, or you'll muddle me (up) completely.
   别说了，要不你把我全搞糊涂了。
6. Your room's in a real muddle.
   你的房间真是乱七八糟。
7. You must be muddling me up with my twin brother.
   你一定是把我看成我的孪生兄弟了。
8. I muddled (up) the dates and arrived three days late.
   我把日期弄乱了，所以迟到了三天。

mud.dle

v.（动词）
mud.dled,mud.dling,mud.dles
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make turbid or muddy.
使浑浊或泥泞
To mix confusedly; jumble.
弄混：弄混；打乱顺序
To confuse or befuddle (the mind), as with alcohol.See Synonyms at confuse
使糊涂：使头脑不清晰或糊涂，如喝酒以后参见 confuse
To mismanage or bungle.
弄糟：弄糟或搞乱
To stir or mix (a drink) gently.
搅拌：轻轻地搅动或混合（饮料）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner:
混：毫无目的地或糊里糊涂地思考、行动或前进：
例句：
muddled along through my high-school years.
把中学的日子混过去

n.（名词）
A disordered condition; a mess or jumble.
混乱状态：无次序的状态；一团糟或乱七八糟
Mental confusion.
头脑不清晰

<常用词组>muddle through
To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.
胡乱应付过去：以毫无组织的方式应付过去而得到一个还不错的结果
来源：
Possibly from obsolete Dutch moddelen [to make water muddy]
可能源自 已废荷兰语 moddelen [使水浑浊]
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷兰语
frequentative of *modden [to make muddy]
*modden的重复 [使浑浊]
from modde [mud]
源自 modde [泥土]

【引伸】
mud.dler
n.（名词）