1 muddle sth (up) to put things in the wrong place or order or to make them untidy 乱放；弄乱: Try not to get those papers muddled up. 请不要把那些文件弄乱。

2 muddle sb (up) to confuse sb 把（某人）弄胡涂: I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books so that I don't get muddled up. 我把家庭作业和课堂作业做在不同的练习本上，这样我就不会搞混。 muddle noun [C,U] If you get in a muddle, I'll help you. 要是你搞不清楚，我来帮你。 ➔muddled adj