mess

[mes]

n.混乱, 混杂, 脏乱, 一份食品, 粪便, （军队的）食堂
v.弄糟, 弄乱, 妨碍

n.

1. 伙食团; 食堂; 集体用膳人员; 伙食[C][U]

The officers are at mess.

军官们正在用餐。

The party will be held in the officers' mess.

聚会将在军官食堂举行。

The whole mess burst out laughing.

全食堂的人都突然笑了起来。

2. 一份食品(常指半流质的); (猎物等吃的)杂食; 足够一顿吃的量[C]

He caught a large mess of fish.

他捕到足够饱餐一顿的鱼。

3. 混乱, 凌乱的状态[U][S1]

Her hair was in a terrible mess.

她的头发乱极了。

4. 脏乱的东西; (狗, 猫的)屎[U][C]

Would you please clean up the mess?

请你把这些肮脏的东西清理掉好吗?

5. 困境, 狼狈的处境, 一团糟[S]

She made a pretty bad mess of it.

她把事情搞得一团糟。

6. 【口】肮脏的人, 邋遢的人[C][S1]

He is a mess!

他真邋遢!

vt.

1. 使就餐, 供给……膳食

2. 弄脏, 弄乱[(+up)]

I was used to him messing up the kitchen.

我对他把厨房弄脏已经习惯了。

3. 弄糟, 毁坏[(+up)]

I messed it up.

我把事情搞糟了。

4. 粗暴地对待, 殴打[(+up)]

The gang messed him up.

那帮人把他揍了一顿。

vi.

1. 准备伙食, 供膳

2. 集体用膳[Q][(+with/together)]

In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers.

在这个兵营里, 士兵不和军官一起用餐。

3. 搞乱, 陷入混乱; 把事情弄糟[(+up)]

She messed up on the math test.

她数学考砸了。

4. 摆弄, 玩弄[(+with)]

Don't mess with that gun.

不要摆弄那枝枪。

5. 鬼混, 无所事事[(+around/about)]

He spent all day Sunday just messing about.

他星期天胡混了一整天。

6. 干预[(+in)]

You'd better not mess in the affairs of others.

你最好不要干涉他人的事情。

词形变化

动词过去式: messed | 动词过去分词: messed | 动词现在分词: messing | 动词第三人称单数: messes |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.弄脏; 污染

dirty  disfigure  contaminate  pollute  corrupt  

同义参见:

fright  scrape  jungle  hodgepodge  hash  muff  disorder  tangle  disorder  plenty  anarchy  nourishment  muddle  peck  muss  shambles  predicament  

英英释义

名词 mess:

a state of confusion and disorderliness

同义词：messiness, muss, mussiness

informal terms for a difficult situation

同义词：fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

soft semiliquid food

a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

同义词：mess hall

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

同义词：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

动词 mess:

eat in a mess hall

make a mess of or create disorder in

同义词：mess up

短语词组

make a mess of

1. 把……弄糟

He made a mess of his essay, and received very low marks.

他把文章写得很糟, 得了很低的分数。

mess about/around

1. 闲混

They messed about in the club most of the summer.

夏天的大部分时间他们都在俱乐部闲混。

2. 粗暴对待

Don't mess me about.

别粗暴对待我。

mess in

1. 干涉

Don't mess in his affairs.

别去干涉他的事情。

mess up

1. 弄脏; 弄糟

They told us not to mess up the room.

他们告诉我们不要把房间弄脏。

mess with

1. 惹; 粗暴对待

Don't mess with me!

别惹我!

补充

messmess英:[mes] 美:[mɛs]vt.1.弄脏; 弄乱Stop messing about and listen to me.别再胡闹了, 听我说。She messed up her new dress with blue ink.蓝墨水弄脏了她的新衣服。n.1.杂乱, 脏乱; 脏东西There's a lot of mess to clear up.有许多脏东西要清理。You look a mess.你外表太邋遢了。2.不整洁[乱七八糟]的人[事]This room's in a mess.这个房间杂乱不堪。That report you did is a real mess.你写的那份报告乱七八糟。3.粪便The dog made a mess on the carpet.狗在地毯上大便。

例句

1. Sorry about the mess!对不起, 太乱了！ 2. I hate mess.我见不得脏乱。 3. My bedroom's usually in a mess.我的卧室通常都是乱七八糟的。 4. Her hair was in a terrible mess.她的头发乱蓬蓬的。 5. The house is a mess.家里很脏乱。 6. It's a mess in here.这里又脏又乱。 7. I know the place is a mess, but make yourself at home.我知道这地方太乱了, 不过你可以像在家一样随意。 8. My life is such a mess.我的生活一团糟。 9. The economy is now in a mess.经济一团糟。 10. When Rover was in a mess we were only really worried about jobs.当罗孚公司麻烦缠身时, 我们才真正开始为工作担心。 11. It's tough admitting that you're in a mess. You have to be strong to ask for help.承认自己陷入困境并非易事, 请求别人帮助需要你鼓起勇气。 12. It seemed a way out from the mess I'd got myself into.这似乎是从我自己制造的麻烦中脱身的办法。 13. They could have legislated last year to sort out the mess.他们去年本来可以用立法手段治理乱局的。 14. the mess they have made of their public finances他们在公共财政上弄出的乱摊子 15. a party at the officers' mess在军官食堂的一次聚会 16. Did I sell myself for a mess of pottage?我是不是为了一丁点儿利益就把自己出卖了？ 17. See how your cat has messed up my ball of wool.瞧你的猫把我的绒线球弄乱了。 18. The late arrival of the train messed up all our plans.火车晚点把我们的计划全打乱了。 19. That will mess up the whole analysis.那会把整个分析搞糟的。 20. He messed her up.他打了她一顿。 21. to mess with another person's camera摆弄人家的照相机 22. His late arrival messed up our plan.他的迟到打乱了我们的计划。 23. Don't mess with her,she's got a violent temper.别惹她，她的脾气很暴躁。 24. Don't mess with her when she's angry.她生气时别去惹她。 25. she made a mess of the kitchen.她把厨房弄得又乱又脏。 26. my hair was a mess.我的头发乱极了。 27. she replaced the jug and mopped up the mess.她放好水壶，把脏处抹干净。 28. I look a mess.我看起来很邋遢。 29. a mess of mashed black beans and rice.黑豆泥和米饭拌成的食物。 30. dog mess.狗屎。 31. the economy is still in a terrible mess.经济仍然一团糟。 32. he needs treatment of some kind—he's a real mess.他需要某种治疗——他的境况真的很糟。 33. the sergeants' mess.士官食堂。 34. you've messed up my beautiful carpet.你把我的漂亮地毯弄脏了。 35. they had some problems with dogs messing in the store.狗在店内排粪，弄得他们很头痛。 36. he feared he would mess the bed.他害怕大便把床弄脏。 37. I messed at first with Harry, who was to become a lifelong friend.一开始我与哈里一起吃饭，他后来成为我的终身朋友。 38. they messed together.他们集体进餐。 39. messing about in boats.划船消磨时间。 40. the minister messed around with health, and look at the state we are in.部长插手了卫生工作，看看我们如今的状况。 41. he singled out the pit closures fiasco as an example of how the government has messed up.他特举关闭矿井这一失败之举说明政府如何胡来。 42. I was unhappy and really messed up.我不开心，情绪极差。 43. the wreck messed him up so much that he can't walk.事故使他受伤不轻，到现在还不能走动。 44. an error like that could easily mess up an entire day's work.那样的错误会使一整天工作轻易付诸东流。 45. stop messing with things you don't understand.别再管你不懂的事了。 46. My hair is a mess.我的头发乱作一团。 47. Don't mess your hands.别把你的手弄脏。 48. We spent Sunday just messing around at home.星期日我们只是留在家里，轻松随意地度过。 49. It is dangerous to mess about with fireworks.乱弄烟火是很危险的。 50. I really messed up the last question in the exam.考试中的最后一道题我答得糟极了。 51. You shouldn't mess with people's feelings.你不该伤人家的感情。 52. We found the papers in a mess.我们发现文件乱堆在那里。 53. It took years to clean up the mess caused by the oil spill.原油泄漏造成的污染用了几年时间才清理干净。 54. She's the only cook in the family who never makes a mess of/in the kitchen.家里人做饭，唯有她不会把厨房搞得乱七八糟。 55. The apartment was a mess when he left it. = He left the apartment a mess.他离开时，公寓被搞得乱七八糟。 56. He was a mess after gardening all day.他一整天都在园子里干活，看上去脏兮兮的。 57. My hair is a mess.我的头发乱糟糟的。 58. I don't know how the economy got to be (in) such a mess.我不理解为何经济陷入如此困境。 59. "Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into!"哎，你又把我推进了一个火坑！ 60. How do we get ourselves into these messes?我们怎么会让自己陷入这样的困境中呢？ 61. The school system is a mess.学校体制一团糟。 62. Things were a real mess for a while after she retired.她退休后生活一度陷入困境。 63. My life is a complete mess.我的生活现在是一团糟。 64. She was a real mess for a while after her divorce.她离婚后一度无比沮丧。 65. He was a mess during his daughter's wedding ceremony.他在女儿的婚礼上哭成了泪人。 66. the officers' mess军官食堂 67. a mess of cash大量现金 68. a mess of cabbage/greens/peas一大堆卷心菜/青菜/豌豆 69. They're in a mess of trouble. [=a lot of trouble]他们陷入了无尽的烦恼。 70. The puppy made a mess on the rug.小狗在地毯上拉了屎。 71. cleaning up dog mess清理狗屎 72. The scandal made a mess of his political career.丑闻毁掉了他的政治生涯。 73. The weather made a mess of our plans.天气搞乱了我们的计划。 74. He made a mess of his speech.他搞砸了自己的演讲。 75. We just messed around [=fooled around] all afternoon.我们浪费了一下午的时间。 76. She spent the evening messing around on the computer.她一晚上都在玩电脑。 77. It's time we stopped messing around and got busy.我们不要再浪费时间了，该忙正事了。 78. His wife discovered that he was messing around [=fooling around] (on her).他老婆发现他在外面偷情。 79. His wife discovered that he was messing around with his secretary.他老婆发现他和他的秘书乱搞。 80. I don't like being messed about this way!我不喜欢这样被搅扰！ 81. I'm not really a painter; I just like to mess around with paints.我并不是个正经画家，我只是喜欢摆弄颜料而已。 82. She spent the evening messing around with [=fooling around with] the computer.她一晚上都在玩电脑。 83. Stop messing around [=fiddling around] with the stereo.不要乱动音响。 84. "About halfway into the recipe, I realized that I had messed up, and I had to start over."根据食谱快做到一半时，我发现自己搞砸了，只好从头再来。 85. She's afraid she'll mess up on the test.她担心这次考试会考砸。 86. I messed up on my first attempt.我初次尝试就失败了。 87. He messed up the speech.他搞砸了演说。 88. I messed up my first attempt and had to try again.我第一次尝试失败了，不得不再试一次。 89. Don't mess up my room.不要把我的房间弄乱了。 90. The wind messed up her hair. = Her hair got messed up in the wind.风吹乱了她的头发。 91. She's really messed up her life.她把自己的生活搞得一团糟。 92. His life has been messed up by his drug addiction.他的人生被他的毒瘾给毁了。 93. "I don't know what I did, but I somehow messed up the computer."我也不知道是怎么弄的，反正我把电脑鼓捣坏了。 94. My watch has been messed up [=has not worked properly] ever since I dropped it in the sink.我的手表自从掉进水槽后就一直出毛病。 95. The mountains messed up the cell phone signal.山脉干扰了手机信号。 96. "He got messed up [=roughed up, beaten up] by a gang of bullies."他被一群流氓痛打了一顿。 97. They messed him up pretty badly.他们把他暴打了一顿。 98. Breaking up with her boyfriend has really messed her up.男友分手让她心情很差。 99. She's been pretty messed up ever since she broke up with her boyfriend.自从和男友分手后，她心情一直不好。 100. I wouldn't want to mess with him.我不想招惹他。 101. You'd better not be messing with me.你最好别惹我。 102. The company doesn't want to mess with small distributors.公司不想和小经销商打交道。 103. He doesn't want to mess with cocaine anymore.他再也不想碰可卡因了。 104. Don't mess with the camera.别乱动那架照相机。 105. The movie messes with your mind and you don't find out what's going on until the end.这部电影让人费解，直到片尾才能搞明白是怎么回事。