UNTIDY1 place/room2 person/clothes/hair3 to make a place messy4 when things are spread around in a messy wayRELATED WORDSoppositeTIDYsee alsoDIRTY1 place/room 地方/房间messyalsountidyBritish /ˈmesi, ʌnˈtaɪdi/ [adjective]if a place ismessy oruntidy, things have been left carelessly in different parts of it instead of being neatly arranged 凌乱的，不整齐的 She felt uncomfortable in such a messy house. 房子里这么乱七八糟，她感到不舒服。 He only cleans up his room when it gets really messy. 房间实在凌乱不堪的时候他才会打扫。 My desk isn't always this messy - I've been working on a major project. 我的桌子不是一直都这么乱的——最近因为在忙一个大项目。 Jan found the professor in a small, untidy office. 简在一间凌乱的小办公室里找到了教授。 These drawers are so untidy - I can never find what I'm looking for. 这些抽屉这么乱一我总是找不到要找的东西。be a messalsobe in a messBritish /biː ə ˈmes, biː ɪn ə ˈmes/ [verb phrase]informalif a placeis a mess oris in a mess, it is very untidy and dirty 【非正式】脏乱不堪 Please sit down. Sorry everything's such a mess. 请坐。不好意思，太脏乱了。 My basement is a complete mess and has been for years. 我的地下室脏乱不堪的，已有好几年了。 The whole house is in a mess, but I didn't have time to clean it up. 整幢房子乱得要命，可我又没有时间打扫。cluttered /ˈklʌtəʳd/ [adjective]untidy because there are too many things in a small space 〔因地方小、东西太多而〕杂乱的，乱糟糟的 He works in a cluttered studio that looks like a mechanic's garage. 他在一间乱七八糟的工作室工作，那里看起来像机修工的车库。 The trailer was cluttered and cramped, with barely enough room to turn around. 这活动房屋里又乱又挤，几乎没有转身的地方。cluttered with The room was tiny, its walls cluttered with paintings and old photographs. 房间很小，墙上杂乱地挂着画和旧照片。dump /dʌmp/ [singular noun]informala place that is untidy and dirty 【非正式】脏乱的地方 The Ewells’ place is a real dump. 尤厄尔家简直是个垃圾场。 Why don't you do something about your room - it's a dump. 怎么不收拾一下你的房间—又乱又脏。pigstyalsopitAmerican /ˈpɪgstaɪ, pɪt/ [singular noun]informalan untidy and very dirty place 【非正式】非常邋遢的地方 This place is a pigsty! Clean it up. 这地方太肮脏了！把它打扫干净。 I don't know how you can stand living in a pigsty like this. 我不知道这样邋遢的地方你怎么能住得下去。 My room's a total pit, but I'm too lazy to clean it. 我的房间很邋遢，可我又懒得打扫。tip /tɪp/ [singular noun]British informala very untidy place 【英，非正式】极不整洁的地方 Your room's an absolute tip! 你的房间乱透了！ It was a very nice house until they moved in and turned it into a tip. 这本来是幢非常好的房子，可自从他们搬进来以后，就弄得乱七八糟了。2 person/clothes/hair 人/衣服/头发untidyBritish/messyAmerican /ʌnˈtaɪdi, ˈmesi/ [adjective]someone who isuntidy does not keep their clothes, hair etc neatly arranged 〔人〕不整洁的，邋遢的 The little children were dirty and untidy, but very happy. 小孩子们邋里邋遢的，但是非常开心。 Her hair was messy and her lipstick was smudged. 她披头散发，唇膏也弄模糊了。 He was comically tall and thin with a long growth of untidy beard. 他又高又瘦，有一把乱蓬蓬的长胡子，看上去很有趣。be a messalsolook a messBritish /biː ə ˈmes, ˌlʊk ə ˈmes/ [verb phrase]informalto look very untidy 【非正式】看上去很邋遢 I can't go out looking like this - I'm a mess. 我不能就这个样子出去—看上去很邋遢。 When the police called, I had just got up, and my hair looked a mess. 警察上门的时候，我才刚刚起床，头发看上去一团糟。scruffy /ˈskrʌfi/ [adjective]Britishsomeone who isscruffy is wearing old, untidy clothes 【英】〔衣服〕邋遢的，不整洁的 My parents think I look scruffy in these jeans, but I like them. 父母觉得我穿这条牛仔裤显得邋里邋遢，可是我很喜欢。scruffy clothes/jeans/sweater etc She's wearing that scruffy old sweater again. 她又穿那件邋遢的旧毛衣了。slovenly /ˈslʌvənli/ [adjective]extremely untidy and careless, and often dirty 极不整洁的，邋遢的，不修边幅的 Their landlady was fat and slovenly. 他们的女房东又胖又邋遢。 The aide was hired to keep the governor's slovenly brother out of the public eye. 雇用这个助手是为了不让州长的邋遢弟弟受到公众的注意。slob /slɒbǁslɑːb/ [countable noun]informalsomeone who is extremely untidy but does not seem to care that they are 【非正式】不修边幅的人，脏鬼 Jo's such a slob - how can you live like that? 乔是个如此不修边幅的人—一个人怎么可以这样生活的？ If you keep dressing like a slob, no one's ever going to ask you for a date. 如果你还是这样不修边幅，没有人会邀你去约会。unkempt /ˌʌnˈkempt◂/ [adjective]especially writtensomeone whose clothes or hair areunkempt, has made no effort to try to look clean or tidy 【尤书面】〔衣服或头发〕不整洁的，凌乱的 Hoskins beard was tangled and unkempt. 霍斯金的胡子缠在一起，乱糟糟的。 She used to dress so neatly, but now her hair and clothes had become unkempt and dirty. 她以前穿着打扮非常整洁，可现在她的头发和衣服又脏又乱。dishevelledBritish/disheveledAmerican /dɪˈʃevəld/ [adjective]someone who isdishevelled has untidy hair and clothes, often because they have been in a hurry, or have been travelling or working hard 〔因赶时间、长途旅行或辛勤工作而〕衣冠不整的，不修边幅的 He looked dusty, disheveled, and very tired. 他看上去灰尘满面，衣冠不整，疲累不堪。 The actress was found disheveled and confused in a Los Angeles back yard. 那女演员在洛杉矶一户人家的后院里被发现时，衣冠不整，神情恍惚。 She was conscious of her rather dishevelled appearance. 她意识到自己相当衣冠不整。bedraggled /bɪˈdrægəld/ [adjective]someone who isbedraggled looks untidy, especially because they are wet or muddy 湿漉漉的；沾满泥污的 A rather bedraggled crowd waited outside in the pouring rain. 一群满身泥污的人在倾盆大雨中在外面等着。 The children walked along the path, looking miserable and bedraggled after the storm. 孩子们走在小道上，暴风雨淋得他们浑身湿透，看上去狼狈极了。rumpled /ˈrʌmpəld/ [adjective]if clothes arerumpled, they have lots of creases in them and they look untidy. (Creases are lines where something has been folded.) 〔衣服〕起皱的 Forman was wearing a rumpled sweatsuit and a three-day beard. 福曼穿了一件皱巴巴的运动服，三天没有刮过胡子了。 Her dress was as rumpled as if she'd slept in it. 她的裙子皱巴巴的，好像她穿着它睡过觉似的。3 to make a place messy 把一个地方弄乱make a mess /ˌmeɪk ə ˈmes/ [verb phrase]to make a place untidy or dirty 把〔地方〕弄得乱七八糟 Eric, you're making a mess - I hope you're planning to clean it up. 埃里克，看你弄得一团糟—我希望你正打算把这里打扫干净。 You can bake some cookies if you promise not to make a mess in the kitchen. 你可以做些甜饼，只要你能保证不把厨房弄得乱七八糟。mess up /ˌmes ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]informalto make a place untidy or dirty 【非正式】弄乱；弄脏mess something up Don't mess up the living room - we have company coming tonight. 不要把客厅弄乱—晚上我们有客人来。mess up something Who's messed up my nice clean kitchen? 谁把我整洁的厨房弄脏了？clutter/clutter up /ˈklʌtəʳ, ˌklʌtər ˈʌp/ [transitive verb]if a lot of thingsclutter a room, desk etc, they make it untidy, especially because there is not enough space for them 使凌乱；乱堆〔尤因地方不够〕 Toys cluttered the nursery floor. 托儿所的地板上杂七杂八地堆满了玩具。clutter up something/clutter something up I don't want your old newspapers and magazines cluttering up the house. 我不想看到你的旧报纸、旧杂志堆得家里到处都是。be cluttered (up) with All the available space around her computer is cluttered with papers. 她电脑周围可用的地方都堆满了报纸。 His house was cluttered up with the things he had collected. 他家里堆满了他搜集来的东西。4 when things are spread around in a messy way 东西凌乱地散布四周mess /mes/ [singular noun]when things are spread around everywhere in a dirty, untidy way 乱脏情形 We spent the morning tidying up the mess after the party. 聚会后一片狼藉，我们花了一个上午来清理。 There were cups and ashtrays everywhere - what a mess! 到处都是杯子和烟灰缸—多乱啊！ We love having our grandchildren visit, but they always leave such a mess for us to clean up. 我们很乐意孙子们来玩，可他们总会弄得一团糟让我们来收拾。chaos /ˈkeɪ-ɒsǁ-ɑːs/ [uncountable noun]when everything is very untidy, nothing is organized, and there is no order or system 大混乱；无秩序的状态；紊乱 We've just moved into the new office and I've no idea where anything is - it's chaos! 我们刚刚搬进新的办公室，我不知道东西都放在哪儿—真混乱！in chaosin a state of chaos 处于混乱状态 I arrived home unexpectedly and found the house in chaos. 我突然回家，发现家里一片凌乱。clutter /ˈklʌtəʳ/ [uncountable noun]when a lot of things have been left together in one place, especially unnecessary things that prevent you from moving around easily 凌乱，杂乱〔尤指堆满无用之物，使人难以四处走动〕 It seemed impossible for her to keep the house free of clutter. 她不把房子弄乱好像是不可能的。clutter of On the dresser a clutter of compacts, rouges, and lipsticks lie half open. 梳妆台上放了一堆化妆粉盒、胭脂和唇膏，盖子都是半开着的。disaster/disaster area /dɪˈzɑːstəʳ, dɪˈzɑːstər ˌeəriəǁdɪˈzæs-/ [countable noun]informala place that is very messy or dirty 【非正式】非常脏乱的地方 I'd invite you in, but my place is a disaster. 我想邀请你进来的，可是我的房间乱得要命。 The kids room is always a disaster area. 孩子们的房间总是乱得要命。