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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

mess [mεs]
  1. 1. noun [s/u] (untidiness) 凌乱
  2. 2. noun [s/u] (chaotic situation) 混乱局面
  3. 3. noun [s/u] (filth) 脏东西
  4. 4. noun [c] [军] 食堂
    what a mess!
    真是又脏又乱!
  5. 5. noun (situation) 真是乱七八糟
    to be a mess
    [room,house+] 又脏又乱
  6. 6. noun [life] [ situation+] 一团糟
    to be in a mess
    [hair,room+] 乱七八糟地
  7. 7. noun [organization] [ country+] 陷入困境
    to get o.s. in a mess
    使自己陷入困境

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

mess [mes]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 脏乱混乱一团糟
    The house was a mess.
    屋子乱成一团糟
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 梅斯
  3. 3. n.[u] [Informal] 困境窘况麻烦
  4. 4. n.[c] 半流质食物
  5. 5. n.[u] 伙食膳食
  6. 6. n.[c] 军队餐厅部队食堂
  7. 7. n.[c] 很多,大量,大堆
  8. 8. n.[c] 脏乱的人,邋遢的人
  9. 9. n.[c] [American English] [Slang] 笨蛋蠢人
  10. 10. n.[c] 一网的鱼;一次的挤奶量
  11. 11. n.[u] [Slang] 粪便,屎
  12. 12. vi. 聚餐,共食
  13. 13. verb 弄乱搞糟搞砸
    He messed up his room.
    他把他的房间搞得乱七八糟
  14. 14. verb 打扰干预
  15. 15. vt. 殴打粗暴对待
  16. 16. vi. 调情勾搭
  17. 17. vi. 排便弄脏
  18. 18. vt. 提供饭食

Collins English-English Dictionary

mess [mεs]
  1. 1. n a state of confusion or untidiness, esp if dirty or unpleasant
    the house was in a mess
  2. 2. n a chaotic or troublesome state of affairs; muddle
    his life was a mess
  3. 3. n [Spoken] a dirty or untidy person or thing
  4. 4. n [Archaic] a portion of food, esp soft or semiliquid food
  5. 5. n a place where service personnel eat or take recreation
    an officers' mess
  6. 6. n a group of people, usually servicemen, who eat together
  7. 7. n the meal so taken
  8. 8. vt. [tr; often foll by up] to muddle or dirty
  9. 9. vi. [intr] to make a mess
  10. 10. vi. [intr; often foll by with] to interfere; meddle
  11. 11. vi. [intr; often foll by with or together] [Military] to group together, esp for eating
  12. 12. vi. [Etymology] C13: from Old French mes dish of food, from Late Latin missus course (at table), from Latin mittere to send forth, set out

Examples

That singer wasn't very technically able and her voice was a mess.
那个歌手不够专业,声音也是一团糟。
If you cook, please just don't make a mess.
你要是做饭的话,拜托别弄得一团糟。
We need a broom to clean up the mess left when I knocked over the ashtray.
我打翻了烟灰缸,所以我们需要个笤帚把那儿的脏东西清理一下。
I'm sorry, the room's in a bit of a mess.
对不起,房间有点乱。
"who made this mess? " - "I did"
“是谁弄得乱七八糟的?” “是我”

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