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M0464200 (mŭd′l)v. mud·dled, mud·dling, mud·dles v.tr.1. a. To mix together, especially confusedly: The various flavors are muddled in this recipe.b. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.2. a. To put into a state of confusion; confuse: Emotional rhetoric will only muddle the debate on the issue.b. To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example). See Synonyms at befuddle.3. To mismanage or bungle: muddle a task.4. To make turbid or muddy.v.intr. To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner: muddled along through my high-school years.n.1. A disordered condition; a mess or jumble.2. A state of mental confusion.3. See muddler.Phrasal Verb: muddle through To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.

[Possibly from obsolete Dutch moddelen, to make water muddy, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of *modden, to make muddy, from modde, mud.]

muddle

(ˈmʌdəl) vb (tr) 1. (often foll by up) to mix up (objects, items, etc); jumble2. to confuse3. to make (water) muddy or turbulent4. (Brewing) US to mix or stir (alcoholic drinks, etc)na state of physical or mental confusion[C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch moddelen to make muddy] ˈmuddled adj ˈmuddledness, ˈmuddlement n ˈmuddling adj, n ˈmuddlingly adv ˈmuddly adj

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v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.t. 1. to mix up in a confused or bungling manner. 2. to cause to become mentally confused. 3. to cause to become confused or stupid with or as if with liquor. 4. to make muddy or turbid, as water. 5. to mix or stir (a drink). v.i. 6. to think or act in a confused or aimless fashion: muddling along, waiting for a big break. 7. muddle through, to make progress or reach a goal despite lack of knowledge, skill, or direction. n. 8. the state of being muddled, esp. a confused mental state. 9. a confused or disordered state of affairs; mess. [1540–50; mud + -le] mud′dler, n.

muddle

- To muddle a lemon is to lightly mash slices to release the essential oils.See also related terms for lemon.

Muddle

a confused collection; a confused assemblage. See also jumble, mess.Examples: muddle of objects, 1865; of paint, 1891.

muddle

Past participle: muddled
Gerund: muddling

Imperative
muddle
muddle

Present
I muddle
you muddle
he/she/it muddles
we muddle
you muddle
they muddle

Preterite
I muddled
you muddled
he/she/it muddled
we muddled
you muddled
they muddled

Present Continuous
I am muddling
you are muddling
he/she/it is muddling
we are muddling
you are muddling
they are muddling

Present Perfect
I have muddled
you have muddled
he/she/it has muddled
we have muddled
you have muddled
they have muddled

Past Continuous
I was muddling
you were muddling
he/she/it was muddling
we were muddling
you were muddling
they were muddling

Past Perfect
I had muddled
you had muddled
he/she/it had muddled
we had muddled
you had muddled
they had muddled

Future
I will muddle
you will muddle
he/she/it will muddle
we will muddle
you will muddle
they will muddle

Future Perfect
I will have muddled
you will have muddled
he/she/it will have muddled
we will have muddled
you will have muddled
they will have muddled

Future Continuous
I will be muddling
you will be muddling
he/she/it will be muddling
we will be muddling
you will be muddling
they will be muddling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been muddling
you have been muddling
he/she/it has been muddling
we have been muddling
you have been muddling
they have been muddling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been muddling
you will have been muddling
he/she/it will have been muddling
we will have been muddling
you will have been muddling
they will have been muddling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been muddling
you had been muddling
he/she/it had been muddling
we had been muddling
you had been muddling
they had been muddling

Conditional
I would muddle
you would muddle
he/she/it would muddle
we would muddle
you would muddle
they would muddle

Past Conditional
I would have muddled
you would have muddled
he/she/it would have muddled
we would have muddled
you would have muddled
they would have muddled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muddle - a confused multitude of things clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, smother, welterdisorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"rummage - a jumble of things to be given away
	2.	muddle - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"fix, kettle of fish, mess, pickle, jam, holedifficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"
Verb	1.	muddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire"puddlerile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
	2.	muddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"addle, puddlemix up, jumble, confuse - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

muddle

noun1. confusion, mess, disorder, chaos, plight, tangle, mix-up, clutter, disarray, daze, predicament, jumble, ravel, perplexity, disorganization, hotchpotch, hodgepodge (U.S.), pig's breakfast (informal), fankle (Scot.) My thoughts are all in a muddle.verb1. jumble, confuse, disorder, scramble, tangle, mix up, make a mess of Already some people have begun to muddle the two names.2. confuse, bewilder, daze, confound, perplex, disorient, stupefy, befuddle She felt muddled, and a wave of dizziness swept over her.muddle along or through scrape by, make it, manage, cope, get along, get by (informal), manage somehow We will muddle through and just play it day by day.

muddle

verb1. To put out of proper order:derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, tumble, unsettle, upset.2. To put into total disorder:ball up, confuse, disorder, jumble, mess up, scramble, snarl.Slang: snafu.Idiom: play havoc with.3. To cause to be unclear in mind or intent:addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, dizzy, fuddle, jumble, mix up, mystify, perplex, puzzle.Informal: throw.Idiom: make one's head reel.4. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muff, spoil.Informal: bollix up, muck up.Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.5. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:blunder, bumble, bungle, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, shuffle, stagger, stumble.phrasal verb
muddle throughTo progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:do, fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, shift.Informal: make out.Idioms: make do, make shift.noun1. A lack of order or regular arrangement:chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.Slang: snafu.2. A ruinous state of disorder:botch, foul-up, mess, shambles.Informal: hash.Slang: screwup, snafu.3. A stunned or bewildered condition:befuddlement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, daze, discombobulation, fog, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, stupor, trance.

Translations

使混乱使糊涂困惑混乱

muddle

(ˈmadl) verb to confuse or mix up. Don't talk while I'm counting, or you'll muddle me. 使糊涂，使混乱 noun a state of confusion. These papers keep getting in a muddle.混乱ˈmuddled adjectivemuddled thinking.糊涂的ˈmuddle-headed adjective incapable of clear thinking. Men think that all women are muddle-headed.头脑糊涂的muddle along/through to progress in spite of one's unsatisfactory methods and foolish mistakes. 得过且过muddle up to confuse (eg two different things). I'm always muddling the twins up; I've muddled up these book orders.搞乱

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muddled (up)

Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really muddled up!See also: muddle

muddle through (something)

To do a particular task with difficulty. I muddled through that job interview because I was sick with a cold at the time.See also: muddle, through

muddle on

To attempt to proceed or continue doing something despite being unprepared or lacking the required skills, organization, resources, etc. I forgot my notes for the presentation, so I just had to muddle on off the top of my head. The company fell into disarray after the CEO was arrested, but we've been muddling on ever since.See also: muddle, on

muddle along

To attempt to proceed or continue doing something despite being unprepared or lacking the required skills, organization, resources, etc. I forgot my notes for the presentation, so I just had to muddle along off the top of my head. The company fell into disarray after the CEO was arrested, but we've been muddling along ever since.See also: muddle

muddle about

1. To move or hang about languidly, idly, or lazily. My brother was supposed to be at work, but I found him muddling about down by the river with a friend of his. Once you get the ball, you can't just muddle about behind your offensive line—you've got to act quickly, or those linebackers are going to tackle you!2. To work or perform in a very mediocre, ineffectual, or unsuccessful manner; to fail to perform to the best of one's abilities. You were such a bright student and talented writer—it kills me to see you muddling about in some office job. The economy had a brief surge after the election, but it has been muddling about at a flat level for the last several months.3. To dabble in something; to do something sporadically or experimentally. I've been muddling about with different writing styles, trying to find one that suits the stories I'm trying to tell. They haven't changed the core design of the car in decades, only ever muddling about with minor details like the wing mirrors or bumpers.4. To fumble around awkwardly or clumsily. I didn't want to wake anyone up by turning on the lights, so I had to muddle about in the dark when I came home. I hate muddling about with touch screens—I miss having cell phones with actual buttons you had to press!See also: muddle

muddle around

1. To move or hang about languidly, idly, or lazily. My brother was supposed to be at work, but I found him muddling around down by the river with a friend of his. Once you get the ball, you can't just muddle around behind your offensive line—you've got to act quickly, or those linebackers are going to tackle you!2. To work or perform in a very mediocre, ineffectual, or unsuccessful manner; to fail to perform to the best of one's abilities. You were such a bright student and talented writer—it kills me to see you muddling around in some office job. The economy had a brief surge after the election, but it has been muddling around at a flat level for the last several months.3. To dabble in something; to do something sporadically or experimentally. I've been muddling around with different writing styles, trying to find one that suits the stories I'm trying to tell. They haven't changed the core design of the car in decades, only ever muddling around with minor details like the wing mirrors or bumpers.4. To fumble around awkwardly or clumsily. I didn't want to wake anyone up by turning on the lights, so I had to muddle around in the dark when I came home. I hate muddling around with touch screens—I miss having cell phones with actual buttons you had to press!See also: around, muddle

muddle up

1. To render something awkward, confusing, and disorderly; to obscure or obfuscate something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muddle" and "up." Often used in passive constructions. The introduction of new tariffs is likely to further muddle up the already complicated relationship between the two countries. They muddled the contract up with all sorts of misleading, cryptic language. Our roles within the team have become so muddled up that we've largely given up the idea of job titles.2. To mix something up (with something else). A noun or pronoun can be used between "muddle" and "up"; often used in passive constructions. They look so alike that I always muddle up their names when I see them. I must have muddled the data points up when I was entering them into the system.See also: muddle, up

muddle along

to progress in confusion; to continue awkwardly. I will just have to muddle along as best I can until things get straightened out. The project muddled along until the new manager got hold of it.See also: muddle

muddle around

to work inefficiently. I can't get anything done today. I'm just muddling around. Jed is not doing his job well. He is muddling around and getting nothing done.See also: around, muddle

muddle something up

to mix something up; to make something confusing. You really muddled the language of this contract up. Who muddled up the wording?See also: muddle, up

muddle through (something)

to manage to get through something awkwardly. We hadn't practiced the song enough, so we just muddled through it. We didn't know what we were meant to do, so we muddled through.See also: muddle, through

muddled (up)

intoxicated. I've had a little too much muddler, I think. Anyway, I'm muddled. Larry is too muddled up to drive.See also: muddle

muddle through

Blunder through something, manage but awkwardly, as in The choir never knows how to line up, but we muddle through somehow. [Early 1900s] See also: muddle, through

muddle through

v. To do some task poorly or without strong motivation: I forgot the cookbook, so we just muddled through the recipe without it.See also: muddle, through

muddled (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. I’ve had a little too much muddler, I think. Anyway, I’m muddled. See also: muddle, up

muddled

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noun confusion

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verb jumble

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verb confuse

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phrase muddle along or through

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verb to put out of proper order

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verb to put into total disorder

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verb to cause to be unclear in mind or intent

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verb to harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess

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verb to proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner

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phrase muddle through: to progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances

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noun a lack of order or regular arrangement

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noun a ruinous state of disorder

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noun a stunned or bewildered condition

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noun a confused multitude of things

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noun informal terms for a difficult situation

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verb make into a puddle

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verb mix up or confuse

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