| 词组 | mix up |
| 释义 | 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. |
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