mud

noun

1. 泥；淤泥；泥浆
   wet earth that is soft and sticky
   1. The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
      汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。
   2. Your boots are covered in mud.
      你的靴子上都是泥。
   3. mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud)
      泥砖；土坯屋

1. N-UNCOUNT 泥;烂泥;泥浆
   Mud is a sticky mixture of earth and water.
   1. His uniform was crumpled, untidy, splashed with mud...
      他的制服皱巴巴的，邋遢不堪，还溅上了泥点。
   2. Their lorry got stuck in the mud.
      他们的货车陷到泥里了。

1. The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.
   骆驼的蹄子虽然非常适合于在干沙上行走，碰到泥泞时却无计可施。
2. The boat beached on a mud flat
   船搁浅在一片淤泥滩上。
3. The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow
   泥巴被积雪盖住了。
4. Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages
   最新报道说泥石流掩埋了整个整个的村庄。
5. The mud is a feeding ground for large numbers of birds.
   大批鸟儿来这块泥地觅食。
6. The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.
   盐碱地和泥滩吸引了大量水鸟。
7. The mud stuck to her boots, making her feet heavy and her legs tired.
   她的靴子上沾满了泥，使她举步沉重，双腿疲惫不堪。
8. His legs were covered in mud.
   他的腿上满是泥浆。
9. I had to change the inner tube, in the mud and the snow.
   我不得不在泥泞的雪地里更换内胎。
10. They spent much of their time knee-deep in mud
    他们在齐膝深的泥地里费了好长时间。
11. Before we left the camp, my twin brother and I moulded a chair out of mud.
    离开营地前，我和孪生弟弟用泥巴做了一把椅子。
12. His uniform was crumpled, untidy, splashed with mud
    他的制服皱巴巴的，邋遢不堪，还溅上了泥点。
13. Their lorry got stuck in the mud.
    他们的货车陷到泥里了。
14. My hands, boots and trousers were plastered with mud.
    我的双手、靴子和裤子上都沾满了泥巴。
15. The mud is smooth, gray, soft, and plastic as butter.
    这种泥浆呈灰色，它光滑、柔软，像黄油一样易塑。
16. His feet slipped in the slimy mud
    他的脚在泥泞中不住地打滑。
17. The two girls joined arms and sloshed through the mud together.
    两个女孩挽着胳膊，一道趟过了泥浆。
18. Her dress was spattered with mud.
    她的裙子溅上了泥浆。
19. I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
    我跌跌撞撞地趟过泥地来到一个堆满麦秆的场院。
20. We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
    我们在初春解冻时节的泥泞中艰难行进。
21. Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.
    火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
22. They had to battle through thick mud to reach construction workers
    他们只好挣扎着穿过厚厚的泥巴去找建筑工人。
23. It took a long time to wash the mud out of his hair
    花了很长时间才把他头发上的污泥洗干净。
24. His legs were caked with dried mud
    他腿上结着干泥巴。
25. I dirty my trousers when I step on the mud.
    我一脚擩在烂泥里，把裤子弄脏了。
26. When the Nile is in flood, it deposits a layer of mud on the fields.
    尼罗河泛滥时，在田野上沉积下一层泥。
27. My coat is covered with mud.
    我的上衣上全是泥。
28. When the flood subsided, it left a layer of mud in the fields.
    洪水过后，地里淤积了一层泥浆。
29. The car ran away and spattered us with mud and water.
    汽车开过去了，我们被溅了一身泥水。
30. The car spattered us with mud as it passed.
    汽车开过时澎了我们一身泥。

n.

fling, sling, etc. mud (at sb)

• （尤指政治上）故意抹黑，向…泼污水，污蔑
  to criticize sb or accuse sb of bad or shocking things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics

mud sticks

• 坏事如泥巴，沾身洗不清；烂泥沾身洗不清
  people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false

(as) clear as mud

• 一点不清楚；难懂
  not clear at all; not easy to understand
  1. Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
     哎呀，那么一来这真是成了一本糊涂账了。

sb's name is mud

• 某人臭名昭著
  used to say that sb is not liked or popular because of sth they have done

noun

1. slanderous remarks or charges

2. water soaked soil

   Synonym:    clay

verb

1. plaster with mud

2. soil with mud, muck, or mire
   1. The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden

   Synonym:    miremuckmuck up