名詞 muddle:

1. a confused multitude of things
   同義詞：clutter, jumble, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   同義詞：fix, hole, jam, mess, pickle, kettle of fish

動詞 muddle:

1. make into a puddle
   同義詞：puddle
2. mix up or confuse
   同義詞：addle, puddle

1. We muddle along from day to day.
   我們一天天地混日子。
2. There was a muddle over our hotel accommodation.
   我們旅館的食宿安排十分混亂。
3. The cleaner had muddled my papers, and I couldn't find the one I wanted.
   清潔工把我的文件弄亂了，我找不到我要的那份了。
4. The old lady gets in(to) a muddle trying to work the video.
   那老太太想開錄像機，但是越搞越糊涂。
5. Stop talking, or you'll muddle me (up) completely.
   別說了，要不你把我全搞糊涂了。
6. Your room's in a real muddle.
   你的房間真是亂七八糟。
7. You must be muddling me up with my twin brother.
   你一定是把我看成我的孿生兄弟了。
8. I muddled (up) the dates and arrived three days late.
   我把日期弄亂了，所以遲到了三天。

mud.dle

v.（動詞）
mud.dled,mud.dling,mud.dles
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To make turbid or muddy.
使渾濁或泥濘
To mix confusedly; jumble.
弄混：弄混；打亂順序
To confuse or befuddle (the mind), as with alcohol.See Synonyms at confuse
使糊涂：使頭腦不清晰或糊涂，如喝酒以后參見 confuse
To mismanage or bungle.
弄糟：弄糟或搞亂
To stir or mix (a drink) gently.
攪拌：輕輕地攪動或混合（飲料）
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner:
混：毫無目的地或糊里糊涂地思考、行動或前進：
例句：
muddled along through my high-school years.
把中學的日子混過去

n.（名詞）
A disordered condition; a mess or jumble.
混亂狀態(tài)：無次序的狀態(tài)；一團糟或亂七八糟
Mental confusion.
頭腦不清晰

<常用詞組>muddle through
To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.
胡亂應付過去：以毫無組織的方式應付過去而得到一個還不錯的結果
來源：
Possibly from obsolete Dutch moddelen [to make water muddy]
可能源自 已廢荷蘭語 moddelen [使水渾濁]
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷蘭語
frequentative of *modden [to make muddy]
*modden的重復 [使渾濁]
from modde [mud]
源自 modde [泥土]

【引伸】
mud.dler
n.（名詞）