喜樂美語

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Earth that has soaked up water until it is soft and sticky — it slides under your shoes, and it holds on to whatever touches it.

可以想成雨後那片被水泡透的地：土還是土，只是吸飽了水之後變得又軟又黏，腳一踩下去會滑、會陷，抬起來時鞋底、褲管、輪胎…更多收起可以想成雨後那片被水泡透的地：土還是土，只是吸飽了水之後變得又軟又黏，腳一踩下去會滑、會陷，抬起來時鞋底、褲管、輪胎上都還沾著一塊。這個「軟、黏、會沾在別的東西上」的畫面，就是 mud 這個字整個的落腳處。

原始詞典資料23 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

MUDname詞源 2/mʌd/

  • 1

    Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.

    • The local branch of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) announced its intention to disrupt the MUD rally at a press conference the day before; municipal vehicles were laid on to take the chavistas out there.

mudnoun詞源 1/mʌd/

  • 1

    A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

  • 2

    A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.

  • 3

    slangbusinessconstructionmanufacturingWet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.

  • 4

    Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

    • The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
  • 5

    slangMoney, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.

  • 6

    Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.

  • 7

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesA particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

  • 8

    derogatoryslurslangA black person.

    • That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.
    • How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities […]
另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Drilling fluid.

  • 10

    slangCoffee.

  • 11

    slangOpium.

    • Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
    • Brown Stuff, or Mud . . . Opium
  • 12

    slangHeroin.

  • 13

    slangLean.

  • 14

    real property in English Land Law

mudverb詞源 1/mʌd/

  • 1

    To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).

  • 2

    To make turbid.

  • 3

    To go under the mud, as an eel does.

mudnoun詞源 2/mʌd/

  • 1

    historicalA traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.

  • 2

    historicalA traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.

  • 3

    historicalA kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.

mudverb詞源 3/mʌd/

  • 1

    To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.

    • Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。