confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

名詞 mess:

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness
   同義詞：messiness, muss, mussiness
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   同義詞：fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
3. soft semiliquid food
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
   同義詞：mess hall
6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   同義詞：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

動詞 mess:

1. eat in a mess hall
2. make a mess of or create disorder in
   同義詞：mess up

1. Don't mess up my hair: I've just combed it.
   別把我的頭發(fā)弄亂，我剛梳好。
2. I was asked to organize the trip, but I messed it up.
   大家要我組織這次旅游，可是我把事情搞糟了。
3. I love just messing about in the garden.
   我就是喜歡在花園里瞎轉(zhuǎn)。
4. Stop messing about my work!
   別再妨礙我工作！
5. Who messed up my papers?
   誰把我的文件搞得亂七八糟？
6. The local economy is now in a mess.
   當?shù)氐慕?jīng)濟現(xiàn)在很混亂。

mess

n.（名詞）
A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble:
雜亂，混亂：凌亂或骯臟的一堆、一塊或一團：
例句：
left a mess in the yard.
把庭院搞得一團糟

A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition:
污穢：混亂的、凌亂的，通常為臟亂的狀態(tài)：
例句：
The kitchen was in a mess.
廚房又臟又亂

A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle:
混亂的局面：混亂的、擾亂的或令人困窘的情境；混亂：
例句：
With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.
離婚和破產(chǎn)的官司使得他的生活陷入一片混亂當中

One that is in such a condition:
混亂，骯臟：處于以上情況者：
例句：
clothes that were a mess after painting the ceiling; made a mess of their marriage.
粉刷天花板后，衣服被弄得骯臟不堪；把他們的婚姻搞得一團糟

An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish:
一份食物：一頓飯、一道菜或一份菜的食物份量：
例句：
cooked up a mess of fish.
燒一盤魚

A serving of soft, semiliquid food:
軟滑的、半流質(zhì)的食物：
例句：
a mess of porridge.
一碗粥

A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.
共餐者，伙食團：經(jīng)常一塊用膳的一群人，通常指士兵或水手
Food or a meal served to such a group:
集體膳食：集體用膳人員吃的食物：
例句：
took mess with the enlistees.
與新兵們一起用膳

A mess hall.
餐廳，食堂
v.（動詞）
messed,mess.ing,mess.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul:
弄臟，使混亂：把…弄亂或把…弄臟；使污穢或使凌亂：
例句：
a puppy that still messes the floor.
會弄臟地板的小狗

To botch; bungle.
弄糟；搞砸
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To cause or make a mess.
引起或制造臟亂
To use or handle something carelessly; fiddle:
擺弄，亂搞：粗心地使用和操作；瞎搞：
例句：
messed with the blender until he broke it.
他擺弄著那臺攪拌器直至將它弄壞

To intrude; interfere:
侵入；干預：
例句：
messing in the neighbors` affairs.
干預鄰居的事情

To take a meal in a military mess.
聚餐：在軍隊的集體用膳食堂吃飯

<常用詞組>mess around 【非正式用語】
To pass time in aimless puttering.
虛度光陰
To associate casually or playfully:
隨便交往或廝混：
例句：
liked to mess around with pals on days off.
喜歡休息日與朋友們廝混

mess up
Informal To make a mistake, especially from nervousness or confusion:
【非正式用語】 犯錯誤，尤指因緊張或混亂而致：
例句：
messed up and dropped the ball.
慌慌張張把球掉了

Slang To beat up; manhandle:
【俚語】 狠揍；粗暴地對待：
例句：
got messed up in a brawl.
在吵鬧中打斗起來

來源：
Middle English mes [course of a meal, food, group of people eating together]
中古英語 mes [一道菜、食物，集體用膳的人員]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Late Latin missus
源自 后期拉丁語 missus
from Latin [past participle of] mittere [to place]
源自 拉丁語 [] mittere的過去分詞 [放置]