| 单词 | mud |
| 释义 | mud n. 1. wet soft earthy matter. 2. hard ground from the drying of an area of this. 3. what is worthless or polluting. Phrases and idioms as clear as mud colloq. not at all clear. fling (or sling or throw) mud speak disparagingly or slanderously. here's mud in your eye! colloq. a drinking-toast. mud-bath 1. a bath in the mud of mineral springs, esp. to relieve rheumatism etc. 2. a muddy scene or occasion. mud-brick a brick made from baked mud. mud-flat a stretch of muddy land left uncovered at low tide. mud pack a cosmetic paste applied thickly to the face. mud pie mud made into a pie shape by a child. mud puppy US a large nocturnal salamander, Necturus maculosus, of eastern USA. mud skipper any of various gobies of the family Periophthalmidae, able to leave the water and leap on the mud. mud-slinger colloq. one given to making abusive or disparaging remarks. mud-slinging colloq. abuse, disparagement. mud volcano a volcano discharging mud. one's name is mud one is unpopular or in disgrace. Etymology: ME mode, mudde, prob. f. MLG mudde, MHG mot bog |
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