词组 | muddle up |
释义 | Phr V muddle up muddles, muddling, muddled muddle up sth or muddle sth up to spoil the order or arrangement of a group of thingsI arranged these cards alphabetically and she's gone and muddled them up.If you don't put pairs of socks together they all get muddled up in the drawer. muddle up sb/sth or muddle sb/sth up to confuse two people or things in your mindusually passiveThe two older brothers look very similar and I get them muddled up.You've muddled up the Italian word with the Spanish one. muddle up1. To render something awkward, confusing, and disorderly; to obscure or obfuscate something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muddle" and "up." Often used in passive constructions. The introduction of new tariffs is likely to further muddle up the already complicated relationship between the two countries. They muddled the contract up with all sorts of misleading, cryptic language. Our roles within the team have become so muddled up that we've largely given up the idea of job titles. 2. To mix something up (with something else). A noun or pronoun can be used between "muddle" and "up"; often used in passive constructions. They look so alike that I always muddle up their names when I see them. I must have muddled the data points up when I was entering them into the system. muddle something upto mix something up; to make something confusing. You really muddled the language of this contract up. Who muddled up the wording? muddled (up) mod. alcohol intoxicated. I’ve had a little too much muddler, I think. Anyway, I’m muddled. |
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