muss up
muss up — 片語動詞
- muss upbase form
- musses up3rd person singular
- mussing up-ing form
- mussed uppast simple
1. to push, hit, or grab someone in a rough and aggressive way, often causing pain
痛毆；教訓
粗暴對待或毆打某人
to push, hit, or grab someone in a rough and aggressive way, often causing pain or injury.
Quan got mussed up by a group of older boys after the football match.
Quan 在足球賽後被一群年紀較大的男生揍了一頓。
passive: get mussed up by [aggressor]
The gang warned the shopkeeper they would muss him up if he called the police.
那幫人警告店主，如果他報警就要教訓他一頓。
informal threat: muss someone up
Marco's older sister threatened to muss up the kid who stole his lunch money.
Marco 的姊姊威脅要痛毆那個偷他午餐錢的小孩。
Bilal's father warned him that the older children would muss him up if he walked home alone.
Bilal 的父親警告他，如果獨自走路回家，那些大孩子會揍他。
muss up as a warning pattern
文法句型
muss + someone + up
2. to make something untidy, disordered, or disorganised — for example, rumpling so
弄亂；搞砸
使變得凌亂或混亂
to make something untidy, disordered, or disorganised — for example, rumpling someone's hair, mixing up papers, or disrupting plans.
The strong wind mussed up Sumin's hair just before her important presentation.
強風吹亂了 Sumin 的頭髮，就在她重要報告開始前。
muss up + hair (concrete object)
Someone mussed up all the files on Gabriel's desk while he was out to lunch.
有人趁 Gabriel 外出午餐時，把他桌上的檔案全都弄亂了。
The sudden change in schedule mussed up everyone's carefully laid plans for the weekend.
行程突然變動，搞砸了大家精心安排的週末計畫。
muss up + plans (abstract object)
Constanza's little brother mussed up her neatly arranged collection of shells on the shelf.
Constanza 的弟弟把她整齊擺放在架子上的貝殼收藏品弄得亂七八糟。
muss up + arranged collection
- muss up someone's hair
- muss up papers
- muss up plans
- muss up a room
- mess up
much more common and widely used; 'muss up' is older and more informal
- rumple
restricted to fabrics and hair; does not apply to abstract things like plans
- disarrange
more formal; rarely used in everyday speech
- tidy up
opposite action — to make neat and organised
- straighten out
opposite when referring to plans or arrangements
文法句型
muss + object + up
用法筆記
Object can be concrete (hair, papers, desk) or abstract (plans, arrangements).