英汉词典

mess 基本解释

• n. 混乱；食堂，伙食团；困境；脏乱的东西
• vt. 弄乱，弄脏；毁坏；使就餐
• vi. 把事情弄糟；制造脏乱；玩弄
• n. (Mess)人名；(德、罗)梅斯

mess 词态变化

mess 中文词源

来自古法语mes,一份食物，就餐，来自拉丁语mittere,放置，送出，词源同mission,emit.引申词义吃饭的地方，尤指部队餐厅。后用于指倒剩饭剩菜的地方，猪食等，并最终引申词义肮脏，杂乱等词义。

mess 英文词源

mess

mess: [13] Mess comes via Old French mes from late Latin missus, a derivative of the verb mittere ‘send’ (source of English admit, mission, transmit, etc). This meant ‘sending, placement’, and its original metaphorical application was to a ‘round or heat of a contest’, but it was also used for a ‘course of a meal’, and this was the sense in which it originally entered English.

Traces of the food connection survive in the mess of pottage (literally a ‘dish of porridge or gruel’ made from lentils) for which Esau sold his birthright to Jacob, and in the sense ‘communal eating place’ (as in ‘sergeants’ mess’), which developed in the 16th century. But the main present-day meaning, ‘disorderly thing or condition’, did not emerge until as recently as the 19th century, apparently based on the notion of a mess as a ‘dish of assorted foodstuffs dumped unceremoniously and without thought on to a plate’.
=> admit, commit, mission, permit, transmit

mess (n.)

c. 1300, "food for one meal, pottage," from Old French mes "portion of food, course at dinner," from Late Latin missus "course at dinner," literally "a placing, a putting (on a table, etc.)," from past participle of mittere "to put, place," in classical Latin "to send, let go" (see mission).

Meaning "communal eating place" (especially a military one) is first attested 1530s, from earlier sense of "company of persons eating together" (early 15c.), originally a group of four. Sense of "mixed food," especially for animals, (1738) led to contemptuous use for "jumble, mixed mass" (1828) and figurative sense of "state of confusion" (1834), as well as "condition of untidiness" (1851). General use for "a quantity" of anything is attested by 1830. Meaning "excrement" (of animals) is from 1903.

mess (v.)

late 14c., "serve up in portions," from mess (n.). Meaning "take one's meals" is from 1701; that of "make a mess" is from 1853. Related: Messed; messing. To mess with "interfere, get involved" is from 1903; mess up "make a mistake, get in trouble" is from 1933 (earlier "make a mess of," 1909), both originally American English colloquial.

mess 词组搭配

mess 英文释义

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness;

"the house was a mess"

"she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

2. informal terms for a difficult situation;

"he got into a terrible fix"

"he made a muddle of his marriage"

3. soft semiliquid food;

"a mess of porridge"

4. a meal eaten by service personnel

5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

"a batch of letters"

"a deal of trouble"

"a lot of money"

"he made a mint on the stock market"

"it must have cost plenty"

mess 同义词解析

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

这些名词均表示事物的"混乱"状态。

confusion： 指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。

disorder： 正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。

disturbance： 主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。

mess： 语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。

chaos： 着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。

mess 双语例句

1. England's European Championship plans are in a right mess.

英格兰队的欧洲锦标赛作战计划乱七八糟。

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2. A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could.

一名侍者尽力抹掉溅出的食物。

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3. Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess.

除了厨房特别干净外，这地方一片狼藉。

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4. The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess.

不合适的洗发水会使卷发纠结成乱糟糟的一团。

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5. I have to get to the bottom of this mess.

我必须查清造成这一混乱局面的真正原因。

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mess 实用场景例句

The room was in a mess .

这个房间杂乱不堪。

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The kids made a mess in the bathroom.

孩子们把浴室搞得一塌糊涂。

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‘ What a mess ! ’ she said, surveying the scene after the party.

看着聚会后的情况，她说：“真是一片狼藉！”

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My hair's a real mess!

我的头发太乱了。

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The economy is in a mess .

经济陷入了困境。

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I feel I've made a mess of things.

我觉得我把事情搞糟了。

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The whole situation is a mess.

整个情况都是一团糟。

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Let's try to sort out the mess.

我们来收拾一下残局吧。

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The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place.

关键问题是他们究竟是怎么惹出这样的麻烦的。

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You're a mess!

你真邋遢！

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There's a mess of fish down there, so get your lines in the water.

那底下有很多鱼，快下钩吧。

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the officers' mess

军官食堂

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Careful─you're messing my hair.

小心——你弄乱我的头发了。

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We finished in time, no messing.

我们不费吹灰之力，就按时完成了。

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When they decide to have a party they don't mess around.

他们决定搞聚会，便会迅速操办起来。

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Will you stop messing around and get on with some work?

别瞎闹了，干点正经事儿不行吗？

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We spent the day messing around on the river.

我们在河边闲逛了一整天。

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Who's been messing around with my computer?

谁瞎动过我的电脑？

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I've really messed up this time.

这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。

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If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.

如果你现在取消，就会破坏我所有的安排。

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He was messed up pretty bad by the other guy.

他被另一个家伙打成了重伤。

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I don't want you messing up my nice clean kitchen.

我不想让你弄脏我这整洁的厨房。

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The house is a mess...

屋里一片狼藉。

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The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess...

不合适的洗发水会使卷发纠结成乱糟糟的一团。

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I've made such a mess of my life.

我把自己的生活弄得一团糟。

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...the many reasons why the economy is in such a mess...

经济陷入如此困境的众多原因

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Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit...

最后，他们狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到处都是。

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I'll clear up the mess later.

我呆会儿会把滴落的水擦干净。

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...a party at the officers' mess...

在军官餐厅举行的聚会

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He hurried to the Mess to find the control officer.

他匆忙赶到餐厅去找指挥官。

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