muck
noun /mʌk/
/mʌk/
Idioms - waste matter from farm animals
（牲畜的）粪便，粪肥 - to spread muck on the fields
将粪肥撒到地里 - The tractors are out spreading muck.
拖拉机在外面撒粪。
- to spread muck on the fields
- (informal, especially British English) dirt or mud
脏东西；泥浆；淤泥 - Can you wipe the muck off the windows?
你把窗户上的脏东西擦掉好吗？ - My face and hands were covered in muck.
我的脸和手沾满了污泥。
- Can you wipe the muck off the windows?
- (informal, especially British English) something very unpleasant
令人厌恶的事物 - I can't eat this muck!
我吃不下这些令人恶心的东西！
- I can't eat this muck!
词源Middle English muk, probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Old Norse myki ‘dung’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘soft’, shared by meek.
Idioms
where there’s muck there’s brass
- (British English, saying) used to say that a business activity that is unpleasant or dirty can bring in a lot of money
哪儿有脏活哪儿有钱赚；要挣大钱就别怕脏