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TOEFL BNC: 3520 COCA: 3610

mud
mud /ˈmʌd/ noun
mud
/ˈmʌd/
noun
Learner's definition of MUD
[noncount]
: soft, wet dirt泥；稀泥；泥浆

as clear as mud

informal
: very difficult to understand : not clear at all十分模糊；让人费解

drag someone's name through the mud

— see 1drag

sling/throw mud

chiefly US
: to publicly say false or bad things about someone (such as a political opponent) in order to harm that person's reputation诋毁；中伤
— see also mudslinging

your name is mud

informal
◊ If your name is mud people do not like or trust you.声名扫地
TOEFL BNC: 3520 COCA: 3610

mud

1 of 2

noun

ˈməd How to pronounce mud (audio)
1
: a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water
especially : soft wet earth
2
: abusive and malicious remarks or charges
political campaigners slinging mud at each other
3
: anathema sense 1a
—usually used in the phrase one's name is mud
4
: a mixture of water, clay, and chemicals used in oil-well drilling and having various functions (such as lubrication and cooling of the bit and flushing of rock particles to the surface)

mud

2 of 2

verb

mudded; mudding

transitive verb

1
: to make muddy or turbid
2
: to treat or plaster with mud

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun He tracked mud into the house. The car was stuck in the mud.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Nearby stands a rust-red circular structure whose color pays tribute to the mud that coated the exteriors of ancient Benin dwellings. David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022 The detritus of a fleeing army still litters the village: packs of empty Russian army food rations, abandoned crates with instructions for using grenades, a gas mask dangling on a tree, an army jacket trampled into the mud. Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022 The mud flows and flash flooding occurred in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains where there are burn scars — areas where there’s little vegetation to hold the soil — from the 2020 wildfires. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 The mud had reportedly pushed vehicles across the road. Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2022 The San Diego Union-Tribune spent two mornings with him, trudging up and down embankments and stepping carefully though the mud. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 The news station said tow trucks worked overnight to pull vehicles from the mud. Jason Duaine Hahn, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Homes and buildings have been swept away, and farmland turned into mud across swaths of the South Asian country. Reuters, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 That’s when snow in the high country has melted and the spring mud has dried up. Kristin Smith, Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2022
Verb
Dozens of campsites suggest hundreds of soldiers were stationed in Vyshneve, and the passage of tanks and heavy equipment has turned the ground to mud. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 15 May 2022 The 2,300 truckloads of red Tennessee clay at first turned to mud and blacked out the driver windshields. Jenna Fryer, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2022 While Hollywood insiders mud wrestle over who should get which Oscar nominations for what, the rest of us can look forward, not back. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2022 Rain in the forecast would very likely turn the fields to mud and make the pieces of metal and insulation significantly harder to remove. New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021 One day in April, as the snow turned to mud and the days grew longer, Rinaldi ran into Andrea Zaccardi, of the Center for Biological Diversity, and proposed a plan. Natalie Schachar, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021 Though naturally occurring sediment is in dwindling supply from the rivers and creeks feeding the bay, agencies are turning to mud dredged from the bay’s shipping channels to help build these tidal buffers. Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021 Parts of New York City were assailed by more than 3 inches of rain, high winds and threats of hail and tornadoes, while California was digging rock and mud off roads after historic rain swept across much of the state. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021 The rains weren’t intense enough to immediately wash away the dust, instead turning it to mud, which conducts electricity and causes equipment to malfunction or even ignite small fires on power poles. Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English mudde, probably from Middle Low German

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mud was in the 14th century

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TOEFL BNC: 3520 COCA: 3610
mud

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MUD | MUD + VERB | MUD + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤deep深深的爛泥➤thick厚泥➤soft, sticky, wet軟泥；黏糊糊的泥漿；濕泥➤dried, dry乾泥◇footprints left in the hard dried mud留在乾硬泥地上的腳印➤black, brown, red黑色的／褐色的／紅色的泥土VERB + MUD➤be caked in, be caked with, be covered with結了泥塊；沾滿了泥；被泥巴覆蓋◇Her boots were caked in mud.她的靴子上結了泥塊。➤get/become bogged down in, get stuck in陷入泥漿；陷進爛泥◇Several cars got bogged down in the mud.有幾輛汽車陷進了爛泥裏。➤turn (sth) into, turn (sth) to（把⋯）變成泥漿◇The cars had turned the road into mud.汽車把鄉間小路碾得泥濘不堪。➤wallow in在泥沼中打滾◇pigs wallowing in the mud在泥裏打滾的豬➤spatter (sb/sth with)潑濺污泥（到⋯上）MUD + VERB➤ooze泥漿冒出來◇Wet mud oozed up between their toes.濕泥從他們的腳趾間冒出來。➤crack泥土龜裂◇The mud in the dried-up river bed had cracked.乾涸的河牀上泥土已經開裂。MUD + NOUN➤brick, floor, house, hut, wall泥磚；泥地；土坯房；泥草房；土牆➤flats潮泥灘（漲潮時隱沒，落潮時顯露）➤puddle泥潭➤hole, pit泥窟窿；泥坑➤slide泥石流◇Flash floods and mud slides struck three coastal towns.山洪和泥石流襲擊了 3 座沿海城鎮。➤fight, wrestling泥地戰鬥／摔跤➤bath泥浴➤pie泥餅◇The kids were in the yard making mud pies.孩子們在院裏做泥餅玩。PREPOSITION➤in the mud在泥中◇She fell in the mud.她摔倒在泥裏。➤through the mud穿過泥地◇We squelched through the mud.我們撲哧撲哧地穿過泥地。PHRASES➤a layer of mud, a sea of mud一層爛泥；一大片泥沼

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