muddiness
muddiness — noun
1. the condition of being full of wet earth, or of looking thick and not clear, lik
the condition of being full of wet earth, or of looking thick and not clear, like water that has dirt mixed into it
After three days of rain, the muddiness of the path made Gabriel's boots heavy.
the muddiness of + concrete noun
Maeve complained about the muddiness of the river after the storm washed soil into it.
muddiness of water that looks thick and unclear
The farmers blamed the muddiness of the field for the slow, tiring harvest.
A thick layer of muddiness covered the pond after the children stirred up the bottom.
Christopher wiped the muddiness from his shoes before stepping onto the clean carpet.
- dirtiness
broader; any kind of dirt, not only wet earth
- cloudiness
for liquids only; stresses lack of clearness, not earth
- murkiness
darker and more literary; water or air that is hard to see through
文法句型
the muddiness of [something]
用法筆記
Uncountable; almost always follows 'the' and is built with 'of' to name what is muddy (the muddiness of the road, of the water). Covers both wet, earthy ground and water that looks thick and unclear.