单词 | mess |
释义 | Word Frequency mess(mɛs) noun 1. a state of confusion or untidiness, esp if dirty or unpleasant the house was in a mess 2. a chaotic or troublesome state of affairs; muddle his life was a mess 3. informal a dirty or untidy person or thing 4. archaic a portion of food, esp soft or semiliquid food 5. a place where service personnel eat or take recreation an officers' mess 6. a group of people, usually servicemen, who eat together 7. the meal so taken 8. mess of pottage verb 9. (transitive; often foll by up) to muddle or dirty 10. (intransitive) to make a mess 11. (intransitive; often foll by with) to interfere; meddle 12. (intr; often foll by with or together) military to group together, esp for eating Word origin C13: from Old French mes dish of food, from Late Latin missus course (at table), from Latin mittere to send forth, set out |
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