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单词 mess
释义
mess
noun
uk
/mes/us
/mes/

messnoun(DIRT/UNTIDINESS)

B1[CorU]
Mess or a mess is something or someone thatlooksdirtyoruntidy:
Hemakes aterriblemess when he'scooking.他做饭时总是把周围弄得乱七八糟的。
UKJem'shouseis alwaysina mess.杰姆的房子总是又脏又乱。
Go andcleanupthat mess in thekitchen.去把厨房里乱七八糟的东西清理干净。
UKFreddy can'tstandmess.弗雷迪忍受不了凌乱。
mainlyUKIlookamess - I can't go out like this!我看上去衣衫不整的——我不能这样子出去！
My hair's such a mess today!我的头发今天乱糟糟的！
[C]
an animal'ssolidwaste:
（动物的）粪便
Fidoleftanother mess on thecarpet.菲多又在地毯上拉屎了。
More examples
  • My Dad getscrossif Ileavethekitchenin a mess.
  • Iwishyou'd do something aboutyourbedroom- it's arealmess.
  • Tominimizemesses,keepaneyeonpotsso they don'tboilover.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dirt & untidiness
  • bloodstain
  • blotch
  • clutter
  • contaminant
  • contamination
  • crud
  • filthiness
  • fleck
  • grime
  • grunge
  • gunge
  • muck
  • omnishambles
  • pollutant
  • polluter
  • recontamination
  • scruff
  • shambles
  • slime
  • slob
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Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion

messnoun(PROBLEMS)

B2[S]
asituationthat isfullofproblems:
困境；混乱局面
She said that herlifewas a mess.她说她的生活是一团糟。
Igotmyselfinto amess bytellingalie.我因撒了一个谎而闯祸了。
The company'sfinancesarein amess.这家公司的财务状况一团糟。
[S]
apersonwhoselifeisfullofproblemsthey cannotdealwith:
处于困境的人
After thedivorcehe was arealmess andstarteddrinkingtoo much.离婚后他潦倒透顶，而且开始酗酒。
make a mess ofsomething
to do somethingbadlyorspoilsomething:
把…弄糟；搞砸
I made arealmess of myfinalexams.我期末考试彻底考砸了。
I gaveJimveryclearinstructions, but he stillmanagedto make a mess of it.
Synonym
mess(something)upinformal
More examples
  • Ihopesomething good can come out of this mess.
  • Theirrelationshipis a mess.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
  • a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
  • abyss
  • adversity
  • atyourworstidiom
  • Augean
  • bad hair day
  • emergence
  • epidemic
  • genie
  • half nelson
  • hardness
  • have a bumpy rideidiom
  • quicksand
  • rabbit hole
  • reversal
  • rigour
  • rollercoaster
  • strait
  • the Augean Stablesidiom
  • the hard wayidiom
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Failures
Damaging and spoiling
Failing and doing badly

messnoun(ROOM)

[C]
(USalsomess hall)
aroomorbuildingin whichmembersof thearmedforceshavetheirmealsorspendtheirfreetime:
（军人的）食堂，交谊厅
Thecaptainwas havingbreakfastin the messhall.上尉正在食堂吃早饭。
Theyspenttheireveningsin theofficers'mess,drinkingandplayingcards.他们在军官食堂里喝酒、打牌，度过了许多夜晚。
[C]Indian English
alargepublicroomwherepeoplehavetheirmeals
集体用餐的大屋
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of buildings: rooms
  • antechamber
  • anteroom
  • atelier
  • attic
  • ballroom
  • efficiency room
  • en suite
  • eyrie
  • family room
  • form room
  • meat locker
  • multi-chambered
  • multi-room
  • observation lounge
  • panic room
  • vestibule
  • waiting room
  • wet room
  • workroom
  • workshop
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Restaurants & cafes
mess
verb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
[T]mainlyUSinformal
(UKmess up)
to make somethinguntidy:
把…弄乱
Don't youdaremess myhair!看你敢把我的头发弄乱！
[I]
toleavesolidwastesomewhere:
排便
The neighbour'sdoghas messed onourlawnagain!隔壁家的狗又在我们的草坪上拉屎了！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things dirty & untidy
  • blacken
  • blot
  • clutter
  • contaminate
  • defile
  • dirty
  • disarrange
  • mark
  • mix
  • mixsomeone/somethingup
  • muddle
  • muddlesomethingup
  • muss
  • pollute
  • polluter
  • recontaminate
  • soil
  • stain
  • tarnish
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Idiom

(and) no messing

Phrasal verbs

mess around
messsomeoneabout/around
mess around withsomething
mess around (withsomeone)
messsomethingup
mess(something)up
messsomeoneup
mess withsomething/someone
mess withsomething
mess withsomeone
(Definition ofmessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
mess
noun
uk
/mes/us
/mes/

messnoun(DIRT/UNTIDINESS)

B1[SorU]
Something or someone that is a mess, or is in a mess,looksdirtyoruntidy.
肮脏；杂乱；不整洁的人
Hemakes aterriblemess when he'scooking.他做饭时总是把周围弄得乱七八糟的。
UKJem'shouseis alwaysina mess.杰姆的房子总是又脏又乱。
Go andcleanupthat mess in thekitchen.去把厨房里乱七八糟的东西清理干净。
UKFreddy can'tstandmess.弗雷迪忍受不了凌乱。
mainlyUKIlookamess - I can't go out like this!我看上去衣衫不整的——我不能这样子出去！
My hair's such a mess today!我的头发今天乱糟糟的！
[C]
an animal'ssolidwaste
（动物的）粪便
Fidoleftanother mess on thecarpet.菲多又在地毯上拉屎了。
More examples
  • Ihopesomething good can come out of this mess.
  • I made acompleteanduttermess of it!
  • My Dad getscross(with me) if Ileavethekitchenin a mess.
  • Iwishyou'd do something aboutyourbedroom- it's arealmess.
  • I gave Jim veryclearinstructions, buteventhen hemanagedto make a mess of it.

messnoun(PROBLEMS)

B2[S]
asituationthat isfullofproblems
困境；混乱局面
She said that herlifewas a mess.她说她的生活是一团糟。
Igotmyselfinto amess bytellingalie.我因撒了一个谎而闯祸了。
The company'sfinancesarein amess.这家公司的财务状况一团糟。
[S]
apersonwhoselifeisfullofproblemsthey cannotdealwith
处于困境的人
After thedivorcehe was arealmess andstarteddrinkingtoo much.离婚后他潦倒透顶，而且开始酗酒。
make a mess ofsth(alsomesssthup)
to do somethingbadlyorspoilsomething
把…弄糟；搞砸
I made arealmess of myfinalexams.我期末考试彻底考砸了。

messnoun(ROOM)

[C]
(USalsomess hall)
aroomorbuildingin whichmembersof thearmedforceshavetheirmealsorspendtheirfreetime
（军人的）食堂，交谊厅
Thecaptainwas havingbreakfastin the messhall.上尉正在食堂吃早饭。
Theyspenttheireveningsin theofficers'mess,drinkingandplayingcards.他们在军官食堂里喝酒、打牌，度过了许多夜晚。
[C]Indian English
alargepublicroomwherepeoplehavetheirmeals
集体用餐的大屋
mess
verb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
[T]mainlyUSinformal
(UKmess up)
to make somethinguntidy
把…弄乱
Don't youdaremess myhair!看你敢把我的头发弄乱！
[I]
toleavesolidwastesomewhere
排便
The neighbour'sdoghas messed onourlawnagain!隔壁家的狗又在我们的草坪上拉屎了！

Idiom

(and) no messing

Phrasal verbs

mess around
messsbabout/around
mess around withsth
mess around (withsb)
messsthup
mess(sth)up
messsbup
mess withsth/sb
mess withsth
mess withsb

mess| American Dictionary

mess
noun
us
/mes/

messnoun(DISORDER)

[Cusually sing]
aconditionofdisorderandconfusion, or something in thatcondition:
Theyleftthekitchena mess.
Wesatintrafficfor twohourswhile theycleanedup the mess from theaccident.
[Cusually sing]
A mess is also adirtycondition:
The puppy’s made a mess on thediningroomrug.
[Cusually sing]
A mess is also asituationthat isfullofproblemsanddifficulties:
Traffic was a mess.

messnoun(ROOM)

[C]
(alsomess hall,us/ˈmes·hɔl/)
aroomorbuildingin whichmembersof themilitaryeattheirmeals:
theofficers’ mess

mess

verb[I/T]us
/mes/
infml
[I/T]Don’t mess up myhair– I justcombedit.
(Definition ofmessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmess

mess
Contrary to claims from some corners that theropod phylogeny is amess, this work highlights the fact that a consensus has emerged.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A waiter accidentally drops a stack of dishes and thereby creates amess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Or to put it the other way round, 'respect the classics, they should not be messed around with, attempts to interpret are out of order'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Others consciously reordered the client as a baby - sweet, innocent of intent in making amess, and vulnerable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Then came a similarmessfor the four officers, that is, the three mates and second engineer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She would not sleep at night, waking up at all hours, playing and making amess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They didn't know how to make amess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The question is clear: does this become amess, or do we get something nice out of it?
From theCambridge English Corpus
A second and stronger point is that history is amess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Morning, noon and night we get onemesstin of sloppy rice-work every night-the whole night through.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But all these people have other problems - they have suffered strokes, or take drugs thatmesswith their sleep and/or dreams.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is drug selling on the corners and the people on the cornersmesswith the kids.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With the application of ultraviolet light, the epoxy cures to its fully hardened state with no mixing or additionalmess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It was they who had to decide whether to join in with weaving rather than wipe up themess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The kitchen andmessroom are contained within a single elevated building.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocationswithmess

mess

These are words often used in combination withmess.

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absolute mess
The place is a hub of activity during the day, and it has made an absolute mess of the plan.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
awful mess
We think that he is a rather kind and inadequate man who made an awful mess of things at a crucial moment.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
bureaucratic mess
The proposal will create a bureaucratic mess of unparalleled proportions, by creating two bodies responsible for the administration of one benefit rather than one.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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