英语词汇“muck up”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

muck up

释义

Idiom

muck upmuck (something) up

to make a situation more confusing or difficult.

Our leaders have demonstrated their great talent for mucking things up.Don't muck up our lives just because he was misbehaving.

Related vocabulary: muddy the waters

Phr V

muck up

mucks, mucking, mucked

muck up sth or muck sth up

mainly British & Australian informal to do something very badly

I'm going to prepare for this interview because I really don't want to muck it up like the last one.I mucked up the whole exam.

muck-up

noun British & Australian informal usually singular

I made a real muck-up of my first driving test.

mainly British & Australian informal to spoil something, for example a plan or a system

The car's broken down so that's mucked up our plans for the weekend.If I had a baby now it would muck up my career.

informal to make something dirty

I was going to wear my new beige jacket but I've gone and mucked it up.

muck up

Australian informal if someone, especially a child, mucks up, they behave badly

Pete was always mucking up at school and getting in trouble.

muck up sb or muck sb up

Australian informal to treat someone badly, especially by changing your mind a lot or not doing what you have promised

Jan's late again. She's always mucking me up.

muck up

verb to botch, to ruin, to interfere UK, 1886

phrasemuck up1. muck up sth • muck sth up informal, especially BrE to spoil something, especially an arrangement or plan: When Mark failed to turn up on time, it totally mucked up our plans. Bob had got his own life sorted out by then, and he didn't want Jody coming back and mucking things up.■ SIMILAR TO: mess up informal, screw up informal2. muck up sth • muck sth up informal, especially BrE to do something very badly, so that you fail to succeed or achieve something: Lisa aimed the gun carefully, anxious not to muck up her second shot. I was amazed when I got an `A' in History. I thought I'd really mucked it up.muck-up n C when someone does something badly or fails to do something: I made a real muck-up of my French exam.3. muck up sth • muck sth up BrE informal to make something dirty or untidy: Take those boots off or you'll muck up my clean floor. I don't want to let the house to students - they'll only muck it up.

muck up

To ruin or mess something up. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "up." Boy, you really mucked up this report, and I don't have time to fix it right now.

muck something up

to ruin something. I should never have trusted Jim with the repair work. He was bound to muck it up. I asked her to take over for me while I was gone, and she really mucked it up. She mucked up the whole deal.

muck up

Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see foul up.

muck up

v. Slang

1. To make something dirty or contaminated, especially with mud, grime, or a similar substance: Don't step in that puddle; you'll muck up your shoes. The gears in the car's transmission were all mucked up.

2. To make some liquid unclear or unusable by stirring up elements settled on the bottom: Unfortunately, all the dredging in the river has mucked up the water so much that we can't go swimming. The rains mucked the water up, making it difficult for scuba divers to see.

3. To make something unusable by disrupting what should remain undisturbed: I tried to incorporate these ideas into my paper at the last minute, but all they did was to muck it up. The editor stopped the author from mucking up the book with needless revisions.

muck something up

tv. to mess something up; to ruin something. Try not to muck it up this time.

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