释义 |
ˈmucked, ppl. a. [f.muck v. + -ed1.] 1. Manured. Now rare exc. dial.
1574Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 225 Ane strip on the vest syd of the said Mr. Jhonis mwkit land. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 73/1 Mucked grounds, is ground spread over with the dung of Beasts. 1890Farmer's Gaz. 4 Jan. 7/2 Every orchard that was last season fruitful was a ‘mucked’ orchard. 2. With advbs., as mucked-about, spoiled, subjected to unnecessary interference; mucked-up, bungled, spoiled.
1930M. Allingham Mystery Mile xxvii. 273, I should be very interested to know how you intend to get away with your reputation all pure and virgie and our Albert's poor little mucked-up corpse lying about. 1930V. Palmer Passage i. iii. 29 It was a mucked-up job. 1966J. Bingham Double Agent iv. 52, I don't remember what I ate. Some mucked-about dish of stew. |