muck
n
1 [U] excrement of farm animals, esp as used for fertilizing; manure (牲畜的)糞便; (尤指)糞肥
spreading muck on the fields 往地里施糞肥* [attrib 作定語]
a `muck heap 糞肥堆.
2 [U] (infml口 esp Brit) dirt; filth; anything disgusting 污穢; 臟物; 令人討厭之物
Don't come in here with your boots all covered in muck. 你別穿著臟靴子進來.
Do you call that food? I'm not eating that muck! 那也能叫做食物嗎? 我可不吃那行子!
(fig 比喻) You shouldn't believe all the muck and scandal you read in the Sunday papers. 千萬別盡信在星期日報紙上看到的穢跡丑聞.
I don't want my name dragged through the muck, ie mentioned contemptuously, in connection with scandal. 我可不想把我的名字扯進丑事中去.
3 (idm 習語) common as dirt/muck => common1. in a `muck (Brit infml 口) in an untidy state 亂七八糟; 凌亂不堪
You can't leave your room in a muck like that. 你不能把房間弄得那麼亂七八糟的. make a muck of sth (infml 口)
(a) make sth dirty 弄臟某物.
(b) do sth badly; spoil sth; bungle sth 弄壞、 弄糟或弄亂某事物
I made a real muck of that exam. 那次考試我可考糟了. muck, v (phr v) muck about/around (Brit infml 口) behave in an aimless and silly way; waste time in useless activity 鬼混; 混日子; 虛擲光陰
Stop mucking about and finish your work! 別胡混了, 把工作做完吧! muck in (Brit infml 口) share tasks or accommodation equally 同工作; 同吃住
Let's all muck in together, and we'll soon finish the job. 咱們一起干吧, 很快就能做完.
The officers had to muck in with their men. 軍官須與士兵同住. muck (sth) out clean out (stables, etc) by removing excrement 打掃, 清掃(馬廄等). muck sth up (infml 口 esp Brit)
(a) make sth dirty 弄臟某物
muck up one's clothes 弄臟衣服.
(b) do sth badly; spoil sth; bungle sth 弄壞、 弄糟或弄亂某事物
I really mucked up my chances by doing badly in the interview. 我真把機會耽誤了, 面試考砸了.
??? 情景例句
Another rags-to-riches success story. Now you can borrow money from him instead of me.
又一個白手起家,發財致富的成功人物。以后你可以向他借錢,不用找我了。
Why don't you bring Sarah and Kathy with you?
你能把莎拉和凱茜一起帶來嗎?
Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.