muck

IPA/mʌk/

KK[mˈʌk]IPA/mʌk/

1.名詞C1

釋義

wet dirt, animal waste, or another thick natural mess that sticks to things and feels unpleasant.

例句

Élise scraped muck off her boots after crossing the flooded pasture.

pattern: scrape muck off + clothing

The tractor splashed thick muck across the lane beside the dairy barn.

collocation: thick muck

同義詞

mud
neutral everyday word for earth mixed with water
manure
narrower term for animal waste used as fertilizer
slime
suggests a slippery, sticky surface rather than farm dirt
filth
stronger and broader, emphasizing disgust

文法句型

muck on + surface

a pile of muck

covered in muck

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when referring to dirty matter in general. On farms it often points specifically to animal waste or a manure-like mess.

常見錯誤

❌The living room floor was full of muck from the toys.

✅The living room floor was full of mess from the toys.

💡'Muck' suggests wet or filthy dirt, not ordinary household clutter.

❌The gardener bought fresh muck for the flower pots.

✅The gardener bought fresh soil for the flower pots.

💡'Muck' sounds dirty and unpleasant, not like neutral potting soil.

2.名詞C1

釋義

something so bad, dirty, or silly that you dismiss it with disgust instead of taking it seriously.

例句

Ezra switched off the film after twenty minutes, calling it complete muck.

pattern: call something muck

Tamar pushed the sausage away and said the cafe served absolute muck.

同義詞

rubbish
common British term for something worthless or untrue
nonsense
focuses on foolish or untrue talk rather than poor quality objects
trash
common American term, especially for poor entertainment
junk
usually refers to low-quality objects rather than claims or talk

文法句型

pure muck

absolute muck

talk/believe muck

用法筆記

Strongly informal and dismissive. Often used with words like 'pure', 'absolute', or 'complete' when talking about bad food, bad entertainment, or nonsense.

常見錯誤

❌The book is muck because it uses long words.

✅The book is difficult, not muck.

💡'Muck' is a harsh insult for something worthless, not a neutral way to say it is challenging.

❌Please throw the muck in the kitchen bin.

✅Please throw the rubbish in the kitchen bin.

💡For ordinary household trash, people usually say 'rubbish' or 'garbage', not this evaluative sense of 'muck'.

muckpresent simple I / you / we / they
mucks3rd person singular
mucking-ing form
muckedpast simple

1.動詞及物C2

釋義

to take muck away from a place or container so it becomes clean enough to use again.

例句

Lakan mucked the calf pen before the vet arrived for morning checks.

pattern: muck + animal enclosure

Mert and his son mucked the stable after the horses went outside.

同義詞

clean out
broader and more common; not limited to muck
clear
more neutral and can apply to many kinds of obstruction
shovel out
focuses on the physical action of removing material

文法句型

muck + stable/pen/tunnel

muck before + next task

用法筆記

Most common in farm, stable, and mining contexts. The object is usually the dirty place itself, not a small stain or a household item.

常見錯誤

❌I mucked the plates after dinner.

✅I washed the plates after dinner.

💡'Muck' is used for clearing filthy waste from places such as stalls or tunnels, not for ordinary dishes.

❌The cleaner mucked the stain from my shirt.

✅The cleaner removed the stain from my shirt.

💡The verb normally takes a dirty place or container as its object, not a small mark on clothing.

2.動詞及物C2

釋義

to put animal waste onto land so the ground becomes richer for growing crops.

例句

Defne mucked the vegetable beds in March before planting beans and onions.

pattern: muck + bed/field for fertilizer

Michael mucked the orchard rows with rotted manure after the apple harvest.

同義詞

manure
close technical farming verb for treating land with animal waste
fertilize
broader term that includes chemical or plant-based products too
dress
formal agricultural verb often used in writing about soil treatment

文法句型

muck + field/bed/plot

muck in spring/autumn

用法筆記

Used in farming language when manure or a similar dirty organic material is spread on the ground. It differs from verb sense 1, where the muck is removed rather than added.

常見錯誤

❌We mucked the roses with sand.

✅We fertilized the roses with compost.

💡This verb specifically involves manure or dirty organic matter, not just any material spread on soil.

❌The farmer mucked the apples before loading them.

✅The farmer mucked the field before loading the apples.

💡The object must be the land that receives the manure, not the crop itself.

3.動詞及物C2

釋義

to leave something covered with wet dirt or waste so it becomes unpleasantly dirty.

例句

The dog mucked the hallway rug after racing in from the pig yard.

pattern: muck + surface

A leaking truck mucked the village road with black slime by noon.

同義詞

dirty
more general everyday verb for making something not clean
soil
slightly more formal and less strongly disgusting
foul
stronger and suggests nasty waste or smell

反義詞

clean
direct opposite: remove the dirt
wipe down
specific method of making a surface clean again

文法句型

muck + clothes/floor/road

muck with mud or waste

用法筆記

This sense stresses the dirty result on the thing affected. Unlike verb sense 1, the subject here causes the mess instead of removing it.

常見錯誤

❌Flour mucked the counter while I baked.

✅Flour covered the counter while I baked.

💡'Muck' suggests wet or filthy dirt, not dry cooking powder.

❌She mucked the report with spelling errors.

✅She messed up the report with spelling errors.

💡This sense is about making something physically dirty, not making mistakes.

muck

muck — noun

1. wet dirt, animal waste, or another thick natural mess that sticks to things and

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2. something so bad, dirty, or silly that you dismiss it with disgust instead of ta

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muck — verb

1. to take muck away from a place or container so it becomes clean enough to use ag

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2. to put animal waste onto land so the ground becomes richer for growing crops.

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3. to leave something covered with wet dirt or waste so it becomes unpleasantly dir

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