mud
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mud /mʌd/ ●●○ S3 noun [uncountable] 1 TASDLOwet earth that has become soft and sticky 泥，烂泥 By the end of the game, all the kids were covered in mud. 到了比赛快结束的时候，所有的孩子都浑身是泥。 The path beside the river was slippery with mud. 河边的小路泥泞湿滑。 Many villages in Mali consist of mud huts. 马里的大多数村庄都是泥草房。 boots caked with mud (=covered in mud) 沾满泥巴的靴子 It was impossible to move the car – its wheels had got stuck in the mud. 这车子动不了——车轮陷到烂泥里了。► see thesaurus at ground2. here’s mud in your eye spoken old-fashionedDFDLUCKY used for expressing good wishes when having an alcoholic drink with someone 祝您好运，干杯 SYN British English cheers → as clear as mud at clear1(18), → drag somebody’s name through the mud at drag1(10), → somebody’s name is mud at name1(15)
Examples from the Corpus
mud• a mud hut• The crumbled porcelain of a third lay embedded like fossilized prehistoric remains long entombed in silt and mud.• Hayley scraped the dried mud off her boots.• Their expensive riding jackets were covered in mud.• Cultivation: A medium containing plenty of mud or clay or detritus is essential.• Flora and I were walking through the palm grove, on mud paths between tiny squares of pale green barley.• Remove mud from your bike by spraying with a hose.• There's mud all over the carpet.• I felt the mud under my hands, then quickly took a pinch into my mouth.• But he saw her standing in the mud, feet apart, rope in hand.• The posies of corn had been trampled in the mud.• He swung his legs over the fence, but his right boot got caught and he tumbled into the mud.• The tide was making, although the boats still rested on the mud.caked with mud• She kept her head down, let her mouth brush the fibres of the carpet, caked with mud and dust.• St Tomas was filthy, I now noticed, caked with mud, his fur barely recognisable as white.• His boots were still caked with mud, but they could wait.Origin mud (1300-1400) Probably from Middle Low German muddemud nounChinese
that become earth has and soft sticky Corpus wet
mud
mud S3 /mʌd/
noun [uncountable]
By the end of the game, all the kids were covered in mud.
The path beside the river was slippery with mud.
Many villages in Mali consist of mud huts.
boots caked with mud (=covered in mud)
It was impossible to move the car – its wheels had got stuck in the mud.
2. here’s mud in your eye spoken old-fashioned used for expressing good wishes when having an alcoholic drink with someone
SYN cheers British English
⇨ as clear as mud at clear1(18), ⇨ drag sb’s name through the mud at drag1(10), ⇨ sb’s name is mud at name1(15)
mud S3 /mʌd/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from Middle Low German mudde
1. wet earth that has become soft and sticky:Origin: Probably from Middle Low German mudde
2. here’s mud in your eye spoken old-fashioned used for expressing good wishes when having an alcoholic drink with someone
SYN cheers British English
⇨ as clear as mud at clear1(18), ⇨ drag sb’s name through the mud at drag1(10), ⇨ sb’s name is mud at name1(15)
soil the top layer of the earth in which plants grow 指土壤 ：◆ Plant the seedlings in damp soil. 把幼苗种在湿润的土壤里。 mud wet soil that is soft and sticky 指泥、淤泥、泥浆 ：◆ The car wheels got stuck in the mud. 汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。 dust a fine powder that consists of very small pieces of rock, earth, etc. 指沙石、沙土、尘土 ：◆ A cloud of dust rose as the truck set off. 卡车起动时扬起一片灰尘。 clay a type of heavy sticky soil that becomes hard when it is baked and is used to make things such as pots and bricks 指黏土、陶土 ：◆ The tiles are made of clay. 这些砖是用陶土制成的。 land an area of ground, especially of a particular type 尤指某种类型的地带、土地 ：◆ an area of rich, fertile land 土地富饶肥沃的地域 earth the substance that plants grow in 指土、泥、泥土 NOTE Earth is often used about the soil found in gardens or used for gardening.* earth 常用以指花园里或种花用的泥土 ：◆ She put some earth into the pot. 她在花盆里放了一些泥土。 dirt ( soil, especially loose soilespecially
NAmE 指泥土，尤指松土、散土 ：◆ Pack the dirt firmly around the plants. 将植物周围的土培实。 ground an area of soil 指土地 ：◆ The car got stuck in the muddy ground. 汽车陷到泥地里了。 ◆ They drove across miles of rough, stony ground. 他们驶过数英里崎岖不平、多石的土地。 NOTE Ground is not used for loose soil.* ground 不用以指松土、散土 ：◆ a handful of dry ground
Patterns
good/rich soil/land/earthfertile/infertile soil/land/groundto dig the soil/mud/clay/land/earth/groundto cultivate the soil/land/ground
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