n.混乱；糊涂
vt.使混乱；使糊涂；弄糟
vi.胡乱应付；混乱
There was a muddle over our hotel accommodation. 我们旅馆的食宿安排十分混乱。
Your room's in a real muddle. 你的房间真是乱七八糟。
The old lady gets in(to) a muddle trying to work the video. 那老太太想开录像机，但是越搞越糊涂。
用作及物动词 (vt.)The cleaner had muddled my papers, and I couldn't find the one I wanted. 清洁工把我的文件弄乱了，我找不到我要的那份了。
You must be muddling me up with my twin brother. 你一定是把我看成我的孪生兄弟了。
You've muddled the scheme completely. 你把计划完全弄糟了。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)We muddle along from day to day. 我们一天天地混日子。
I muddled up the dates and arrived three days late. 我把日期弄乱了,所以迟到了三天。
使迷惑
