英语词汇“muddle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

muddlemuddle1 /ˈmʌdl/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

muddle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	muddle
	he, she, it	muddles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	muddled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have muddled
	he, she, it	has muddled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had muddled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will muddle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have muddled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am muddling
	he, she, it	is muddling
	you, we, they	are muddling
Past	I, he, she, it	was muddling
	you, we, they	were muddling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been muddling
	he, she, it	has been muddling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been muddling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be muddling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been muddling

muddle along/on phrasal verb informal to continue doing something without having any clear plan: The bureaucracy just seems to muddle along.muddle through phrasal verb informal muddle through something to manage to complete something with difficulty, but not in a very satisfactory way: The team managed to muddle through another season.

verb | noun

muddlemuddle2 noun [countable usually singular]

ETYMOLOGYmuddle²

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from early Dutch moddelen to make muddy, from Middle Dutch modde mud

a state of confusion or a lack of order: a legal muddle