1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c. 1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud, or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled; muddling.
muddle (n.)
1818, from muddle (v.).
中文解释
1. perhaps frequentative formation from mud.
实用例句
1. We will muddle through and just play it day by day.
我们会应付过关的，就一天一天地演吧。来自柯林斯例句
2. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
我们开始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制这两个概念了。来自柯林斯例句
3. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。来自柯林斯例句
4. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names.
一两个评论家已经开始把这两个名字弄混了。来自柯林斯例句
5. I've arranged the books alphabetically so don't muddle them up.
