wet earth that is soft and sticky 泥；淤泥；泥浆 The car wheels got stuck in the mud. 汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。 Your boots are covered in mud. 你的靴子上都是泥。 Heavy rain caused thick, deep mud on the site. 大雨在工地上造成了厚厚的泥浆。 mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud) 泥砖；土坯屋 nests made of mud or clay 用泥土或粘土制成的巢
Synonyms soilsoil- mud
- dust
- clay
- land
- earth
- dirt
- ground
- soil the top layer of the earth in which plants grow:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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 - dirt (especially North American English)
soil, especially loose soil: 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:
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。
- good/rich soil/land/earth
- fertile/infertile soil/land/ground
- to dig the soil/mud/clay/land/earth/ground
- to cultivate the soil/land/ground
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb1Her boots were caked in mud. 她的靴子上结了泥块。 Several cars got bogged down in the mud. 有几辆汽车陷进了烂泥里。 She fell in the mud. 她摔倒在泥里。 The cars had churned the lane into mud. 汽车把乡间小路碾得泥泞不堪。 The mud in the dried-up river bed had cracked. 干涸的河床上泥土已经开裂。 We squelched through the mud. 我们扑哧扑哧地穿过泥地。 Wet mud oozed up between their toes. 湿泥从他们的脚趾间冒出来。 footprints left in the hard dried mud 留在干硬泥地上的脚印 pigs wallowing in the mud 在泥里打滚的猪 They live in mud huts with grass roofs. 他们住的是茅草铺顶的土坯屋。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- thick
- soft
- …
- be caked in
- be caked with
- be covered with
- …
- ooze
- crack
- brick
- floor
- house
- …
- in the mud
- through the mud
- a layer of mud
- a sea of mud
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde.
Idioms
see also mudflat(as) clear as mud
drag somebody through the 'mud'dirt | drag somebody's name through the 'mud/'dirt
- (informal)
to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair 泥泞：以不公平的方式批评或在公众场合对某人说坏话 The paper has dragged his name through the mud. 报纸把他的名字拖进了泥沼。 They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press. 他们觉得他们的机构被新闻界拖进了泥沼。 Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt. 足球的好名声正在被玷污。
fling, sling, etc. mud (at somebody)
to criticize somebody or accuse somebody of bad things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics （尤指政治上）故意抹黑，向…泼污水，污蔑
mud sticks
- (saying)
people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false 恶事如泥巴，沾身洗不清；烂泥沾身洗不清
somebody’s name is mud
- (informal, usually humorous)
used to say that somebody is not liked or popular because of something they have done 某人臭名昭著 Your name’s mud around here at the moment! 你的名字现在就在这附近！ If you tell our secret your name will be mud round here. 如果你说出我们的秘密，你的名字在这里将是一片泥泞。