mud
noun /mʌd/
/mʌd/
[uncountable]Idioms - wet earth that is soft and sticky
泥;淤泥;泥浆 - The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。 - Your boots are covered in mud.
你的靴子上都是泥。 - Heavy rain caused thick, deep mud on the site.
大雨在工地上造成了厚厚的泥浆。 - mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud)
泥砖;土坯屋 - nests made of mud or clay
用泥土或粘土制成的巢
Synonyms soilsoil- mud
- dust
- clay
- land
- earth
- dirt
- ground
- soil the top layer of the earth in which plants grow:
- Plant the seedlings in damp soil.
把幼苗种在湿润的土壤里。
- Plant the seedlings in damp soil.
- mud wet soil that is soft and sticky:
- The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。
- The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
- dust a fine powder that consists of very small pieces of rock, earth, etc:
- A cloud of dust rose as the truck set off.
卡车起动时扬起一片灰尘。
- A cloud of dust rose as the truck set off.
- clay a type of heavy sticky soil that becomes hard when it is baked and is used to make things such as pots and bricks:
- The tiles are made of clay.
这些砖是用陶土制成的。
- The tiles are made of clay.
- land an area of ground, especially of a particular type:
- an area of rich, fertile land
土地富饶肥沃的地域
- an area of rich, fertile land
- earth the substance that plants grow in
Earth is often used about the soil found in gardens or used for gardening: She put some earth into the pot.指土、泥、泥土 - dirt (especially North American English) soil, especially loose soil:
指泥土,尤指松土、散土: - Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.
将植物周围的土培实。
- Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.
- ground an area of soil:
- The car got stuck in the muddy ground.
汽车陷到泥地里了。 - They drove across miles of rough, stony ground.
他们驶过数英里崎岖不平、多石的土地。
- The car got stuck in the muddy ground.
- good/rich soil/land/earth
- fertile/infertile soil/land/ground
- to dig the soil/mud/clay/land/earth/ground
- to cultivate the soil/land/ground
Topics Geographyb1- Her boots were caked in mud.
她的靴子上结了泥块。 - Several cars got bogged down in the mud.
有几辆汽车陷进了烂泥里。 - She fell in the mud.
她摔倒在泥里。 - The cars had churned the lane into mud.
汽车把乡间小路碾得泥泞不堪。 - The mud in the dried-up river bed had cracked.
干涸的河床上泥土已经开裂。 - We squelched through the mud.
我们扑哧扑哧地穿过泥地。 - Wet mud oozed up between their toes.
湿泥从他们的脚趾间冒出来。 - footprints left in the hard dried mud
留在干硬泥地上的脚印 - pigs wallowing in the mud
在泥里打滚的猪 - They live in mud huts with grass roofs.
他们住的是茅草铺顶的土坯屋。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- thick
- soft
- …
- be caked in
- be caked with
- be covered with
- …
- ooze
- crack
- brick
- floor
- house
- …
- in the mud
- through the mud
- a layer of mud
- a sea of mud
词源late Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde. - The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
Idioms
see also mudflat(as) clear as mud
- (informal, humorous) not clear at all; not easy to understand
一点不清楚;难懂 - Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
哎呀,那么一来这真是成了一本糊涂账了。
- Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
drag somebody through the 'mud/'dirt | drag somebody's name through the 'mud/'dirt
- (informal) to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair
泥泞:以不公平的方式批评或在公众场合对某人说坏话 - The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
报纸把他的名字拖进了泥沼。 - They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press.
他们觉得他们的机构被新闻界拖进了泥沼。 - Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt.
足球的好名声正在被玷污。
- The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
fling, sling, etc. mud (at somebody)
- to criticize somebody or accuse somebody of bad things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics
see also mud-slinging(尤指政治上)故意抹黑,向…泼污水,污蔑
mud sticks
- (saying) people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false
恶事如泥巴,沾身洗不清;烂泥沾身洗不清
somebody’s name is mud
- (informal, usually humorous) used to say that somebody is not liked or popular because of something they have done
某人臭名昭著 - Your name’s mud around here at the moment!
你的名字现在就在这附近! - If you tell our secret your name will be mud round here.
如果你说出我们的秘密,你的名字在这里将是一片泥泞。
- Your name’s mud around here at the moment!