muck
[mʌk] noun uncountable
■dirt or solid animal waste 脏东西；（动物的）粪便•You're treading muck into the carpet with your dirty shoes!你的脏鞋子把地毯弄得脏兮兮的！ •a pile of dog muck一堆狗屎 ■something you consider very unpleasant or very low quality 品质低劣的东西•I'm not eating that muck!我才不吃那让人反胃的东西！ •The immigrants were treated like muck (= treated badly, as if they were not important).移民都被视为泥土草芥。
[mʌk] noun uncountable
make a muck of sth informal
■to spoil something or do something very badly 打乱；把…弄糟•I've made a muck of it - I'll have to do it again.我把事情弄得一团糟——只好重做了。
[mʌk] noun uncountable
Where there 's muck there's brass. UK saying
■said to mean that a lot of money can be made from business activities which are dirty or unpleasant 要致富别怕脏。
[mʌk] verb
Phrasal Verbs muck sb/sth about/around mainly UK informal
■to behave in a silly way, or to treat someone or something in a careless way 胡闹；耍弄；瞎弄•Stop mucking about with those ornaments, you'll break something!别乱碰那些摆设了，你早晚会打碎的！ •I'm fed up with them mucking me about and cancelling our arrangements.他们耍弄我，取消了我们的安排——我受够了。
[mʌk] verb
Phrasal Verbs muck in UK informal
■to share the work that needs to be done 一起出力，一起合作；参加•She doesn't mind mucking in with the rest of us when there's work to be done.有工作要做的时候，她总是不介意和我们大家一起做。
[mʌk] verb
Phrasal Verbs [M] muck (sth) out
■to clean a place where a large animal lives, especially a stable , by removing the waste products and old straw 打扫（畜舍）•She'd spent all morning mucking out the horses.她整个上午都在打扫马厩。
[mʌk] verb
Phrasal Verbs [M] muck sth up informal
■to spoil something completely, or do something very badly 打乱；把…弄糟•I really prepared for the interview because I didn't want to muck it up.我确实为面试做了准备，因为我不想出甚么岔子。 •I mucked up the whole exam!我考试考得一塌糊涂！ |