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词汇 messy
释义 messy
adjective
uk /ˈmes.i/ us /ˈmes.i/

messyadjective (DIRTY/UNTIDY)


B1
untidy: 凌乱的,杂乱的;脏的
a messy kitchen杂乱的厨房
messy hands/hair脏手/凌乱的头发
His bedroom's always messy.他的卧室总是凌乱不堪。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not clean
dirtyThis shirt is dirty.
filthyWash your hands before dinner - they're filthy!
scruffyHe's the typical scruffy student.
messyBen's bedroom is always really messy.
grimyDon't wipe your grimy hands on that clean towel!
producing or causing dirt and untidiness: 会把东西弄脏的,导致周围变得杂乱的
Eating spaghetti can be a messy business.吃意大利面可能会弄得周围脏兮兮的。
Vicky is a really good cook but she's messy.维基菜烧得真不错,不过她把东西弄得乱糟糟的。
She quickly became accustomed to his messy ways.她很快就习惯了他的邋遢作风。
Her house is very messy.
The children really enjoy messy play.
My hair is so messy.
How can you find anything when the house is so messy?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dirty & untidy
all over the placeidiom
Augean
besmeared
bespattered
bloodied
look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom
manky
messily
mucky
sluttish
sluttishly
soiled
sordid
sordidly
unsterilized
untidily
untidy
untrimmed
unwashed

messyadjective (SITUATION)


used to describe a situation that is confused and unpleasant: 棘手的;令人厌烦的
A war will be a long and messy business.战争将是一件旷日持久而又令人讨厌的事。
They had a bitter, messy divorce.他们的离婚过程痛苦而曲折。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable

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messily

messy | American Dictionary


messy
adjective
us/ˈmes·i/
dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order:
I hate a messy kitchen.
A messy situation is one that is confused and unpleasant:
He’s got a messy personal life.

Examples of messy


messy
Theoretical simplicity and argumentative elegance are certainly desirable, but it seems odd to require that we avoid pluralistic or otherwise "messy" explanations.
Admittedly, disjunctive minimalism is a messy account of virtue.
The education of citizens continues to be a messy business - a messiness that liberal theory would be foolish to ignore.
Rather, we should engage openly and critically with the messy ambiguities of the world.
Messier was called up to the main roster in that season for the first time and played 21 games.
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Although the mechanical principle of rescue is simple, the reality is far messier.
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In other words, whilst academic rigour is important, the research needs to reflect the complex and messy nature of primary care.
Bizarrely messy at first sight, they ultimately reveal a hidden structure which is every bit as ingenious as that of a traditional wellmade plot.
Second, by means of an extended example, it brilliantly links theoretically derived concepts to the often messy business of data analysis.
The result, as we have seen, was messy.
The most plausible explanation for our -ic and -ical pickle is that we are witnessing language change at work: a messy but fascinating business.
Let me therefore try to escape quantification, and focus on the messy and poetic details of my own life.
Messier 99 was one of the first galaxies in which a spiral pattern was first seen.
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Messier gave the comet a magnitude rating of 2.0, making it easily visible to the unaided eye.
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Messier also gave the comet an elongation angle of 140 degrees.
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