| 词组 | mix |
| 释义 | mix [mixed, mixed, mixing] mix in 1. mix in sth • mix sth in to add one substance to another and combine them - use this especially about food: ▪ When the rice is cooked, gently mix in all the other ingredients. 2. mixed in combined with something else + with ▪ The movie has lots of action and adventure, mixed in with some comedy. mix up 1. mix sb/sth up • mix up sb/sth to make the mistake of thinking that someone or something is another person or thing: ▪ The hospital has been accused of mixing up two newborn babies. get sb/sth mixed up (=mix up two people or things) ▪ The interviewer was terrible - he kept getting the names of his guests mixed up. ▪ It's funny how dreams and memories sometimes get mixed up. + with ▪ "You've got me mixed up with some other guy," Marty said nervously. ■ SIMILAR TO: confuse, ↑muddle up BrE mix-up n C a mistake that happens when people understand the details of a situation differently and often wrongly + over ▪ Sports chiefs were examining claims that there had been a mix-up over the rules. ▪ I think there's been a bit of a mix-up. ▪ I thought you were providing the food. 2. get mixed up to become confused about something: ▪ I could see that the old man was getting more and more mixed up. ■ SIMILAR TO: get confused mixed-up adj confused, especially because you have emotional or social problems: ▪ Frankie was a lonely and mixed-up teenager 3. mix sb up • mix up sb AmE to make someone feel confused: ▪ Jerry's directions mixed them up, and they drove around lost for about 30 minutes. ▪ Coaches can mix up a player during a game by yelling at him. ■ SIMILAR TO: confuse 4. mix sth up • mix up sth to change the order of a group of things, with the result that they are not arranged in the proper order: ▪ I've sorted all my clothes into piles, so please don't mix them up. ▪ The teacher disconnected all the cables, mixed them up and told us to reconnect them. + with ▪ His money and private letters were all mixed up with the newspapers on his desk. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑jumble up, ↑muddle up BrE 5. mix sth up • mix up sth to put different substances together and combine them so that they become one substance: ▪ Put the chopped eggs, butter, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix them all up into a paste. 6. be/get mixed up in sth to be or become involved in something that is illegal or unpleasant: ▪ Mr Varsov had been mixed up in a number of shady deals in the Middle East. ▪ Why didn't you call the police, instead of getting mixed up in the fight? ■ SIMILAR TO: be/get involved (in) 7. be/get mixed up with sb to be or become involved with a person or group that has a bad influence on you or that is involved in something illegal: ▪ Davies was anxious that his client might be mixed up with a terrorist organization. ▪ Mum and Dad were worried that I was getting mixed up with the wrong crowd. 8. mix it up AmE informal to argue or fight angrily with someone: ▪ Football's Lyle Alzado was arrested Tuesday after mixing it up with a police officer. AmE informal to talk and spend time socially with other people, especially people who have a higher social position: ▪ The youngest coach in the league isn't afraid to mix it up with the veterans. mix with mix it with sb BrE informal to compete against someone or to become involved in a fight with them: ▪ The former golden girl of tennis, who was mixing it with the best in the world five years ago, was beaten by Smith yesterday, 7-2. |
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