| 词汇 | mess |
| 释义 | mess (verb) mess 4 ENTRIES FOUND: mess (noun) mess (verb) mess hall (noun) pottage (noun) 1 mess /ˈmɛs/ noun plural messes 1 mess /ˈmɛs/ noun plural messes Learner's definition of MESS 1 a [count] : a very dirty or untidy state or condition肮脏；杂乱；不整洁 — usually singular通常用单数 We found the papers in a mess.我们发现文件乱堆在那里。 It took years to clean up the mess caused by the oil spill.原油泄漏造成的污染用了几年时间才清理干净。 She's the only cook in the family who never makes a mess of/in the kitchen.家里人做饭，唯有她不会把厨房搞得乱七八糟。 b [singular] : something or someone that looks very dirty or untidy不整洁或邋遢的人（或物） The apartment was a mess when he left it. = He left the apartment a mess.他离开时，公寓被搞得乱七八糟。 He was a mess after gardening all day.他一整天都在园子里干活，看上去脏兮兮的。 My hair is a mess.我的头发乱糟糟的。 2 [count] a : a situation that is very complicated or difficult to deal with困境 I don't know how the economy got to be (in) such a mess.我不理解为何经济陷入如此困境。 Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into!哎，你又把我推进了一个火坑！ How do we get ourselves into these messes?我们怎么会让自己陷入这样的困境中呢？ b : something that is not organized well or working correctly组织不力；运转不畅 The school system is a mess.学校体制一团糟。 Things were a real mess for a while after she retired.她退休后生活一度陷入困境。 My life is a complete mess.我的生活现在是一团糟。 3 [singular] informal a : someone who is very unhappy, confused, etc.不开心的人；困惑的人 She was a real mess for a while after her divorce.她离婚后一度无比沮丧。 b US : someone who is showing a lot of emotion especially by crying（尤其是通过哭泣）表现得过于情绪化的人 He was a mess during his daughter's wedding ceremony.他在女儿的婚礼上哭成了泪人。 4 [count] : the place where people in the military eat军队食堂；军人餐厅 the officers' mess军官食堂 — called also mess hall 5 [singular] US, informal : a large amount of something大量 — + of a mess of cash大量现金 a mess of cabbage/greens/peas一大堆卷心菜/青菜/豌豆 They're in a mess of trouble. [=a lot of trouble]他们陷入了无尽的烦恼。 6 informal : solid waste from an animal（动物的）粪便 [count] The puppy made a mess on the rug.小狗在地毯上拉了屎。 [noncount] cleaning up dog mess清理狗屎 make a mess of : to ruin (something) or to make many mistakes in doing (something)毁掉；弄乱；搞砸 The scandal made a mess of his political career.丑闻毁掉了他的政治生涯。 The weather made a mess of our plans.天气搞乱了我们的计划。 He made a mess of his speech.他搞砸了自己的演讲。 2 mess /ˈmɛs/ verb messes; messed; messing 2 mess /ˈmɛs/ verb messes; messed; messing Learner's definition of MESS mess around [phrasal verb] informal or British mess about 1 : to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious : to waste time浪费时间 We just messed around [=fooled around] all afternoon.我们浪费了一下午的时间。 She spent the evening messing around on the computer.她一晚上都在玩电脑。 It's time we stopped messing around and got busy.我们不要再浪费时间了，该忙正事了。 2 : to have sex with someone who is not your husband, wife, or regular partner（和他人）勾搭，偷情 His wife discovered that he was messing around [=fooling around] (on her).他老婆发现他在外面偷情。 — often + with His wife discovered that he was messing around with his secretary.他老婆发现他和他的秘书乱搞。 3 mess (someone) around/about British : to cause problems or trouble for (someone) especially by making changes that are not expected捣乱；胡闹 I don't like being messed about this way!我不喜欢这样被搅扰！ 4 mess around/about with (something) a : to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious花时间摆弄；瞎忙活 I'm not really a painter; I just like to mess around with paints.我并不是个正经画家，我只是喜欢摆弄颜料而已。 She spent the evening messing around with [=fooling around with] the computer.她一晚上都在玩电脑。 b : to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way乱摆弄 Stop messing around [=fiddling around] with the stereo.不要乱动音响。 mess up [phrasal verb] informal 1 : to make a mistake : to do something incorrectly弄糟；做错 About halfway into the recipe, I realized that I had messed up, and I had to start over.根据食谱快做到一半时，我发现自己搞砸了，只好从头再来。 — often + on She's afraid she'll mess up on the test.她担心这次考试会考砸。 I messed up on my first attempt.我初次尝试就失败了。 2 mess (something) up or mess up (something) a : to make mistakes when you are doing or making (something)做错 He messed up the speech.他搞砸了演说。 I messed up my first attempt and had to try again.我第一次尝试失败了，不得不再试一次。 b : to make (something) dirty or untidy : to make a mess of (something)弄脏；弄乱 Don't mess up my room.不要把我的房间弄乱了。 The wind messed up her hair. = Her hair got messed up in the wind.风吹乱了她的头发。 c : to damage or ruin (something)破坏；毁掉 She's really messed up her life.她把自己的生活搞得一团糟。 His life has been messed up by his drug addiction.他的人生被他的毒瘾给毁了。 : to damage or change (something) so that it does not work properly改变…；破坏…；使…不能正常运转 I don't know what I did, but I somehow messed up the computer.我也不知道是怎么弄的，反正我把电脑鼓捣坏了。 My watch has been messed up [=has not worked properly] ever since I dropped it in the sink.我的手表自从掉进水槽后就一直出毛病。 The mountains messed up the cell phone signal.山脉干扰了手机信号。 3 mess (someone) up or mess up (someone) a US : to beat and injure (someone)（身体上）伤害某人 He got messed up [=roughed up, beaten up] by a gang of bullies.他被一群流氓痛打了一顿。 They messed him up pretty badly.他们把他暴打了一顿。 b : to make (someone) very upset and unhappy使（某人）心情糟糕 Breaking up with her boyfriend has really messed her up.男友分手让她心情很差。 She's been pretty messed up ever since she broke up with her boyfriend.自从和男友分手后，她心情一直不好。 mess with [phrasal verb] informal 1 mess with (someone) : to cause trouble for (someone) : to deal with (someone) in a way that may cause anger or violence招惹某人 I wouldn't want to mess with him.我不想招惹他。 You'd better not be messing with me.你最好别惹我。 2 mess with (something) a chiefly US : to deal with or be involved with (something that causes or that could cause trouble)卷入…；与…有牵连 The company doesn't want to mess with small distributors.公司不想和小经销商打交道。 He doesn't want to mess with cocaine anymore.他再也不想碰可卡因了。 b : to handle or play with (something) in a careless way : to mess around with (something)摆弄 Don't mess with the camera.别乱动那架照相机。 3 ◊ In very informal English, something that messes with your mind/head causes you to feel confused.使感到困惑（用于很不正式的英语） The movie messes with your mind and you don't find out what's going on until the end.这部电影让人费解，直到片尾才能搞明白是怎么回事。 |
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