1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c. 1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud, or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled; muddling.
muddle (n.)
1818, from muddle (v.).
例文
1. We will muddle through and just play it day by day.
私たちは税関を通過することに対処して、一日一日演じましょう。
2.We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
私たちは皇室の大家族と君主制の2つの概念を混同し始めました。
＜dl>＜dt＞3.The laws led to confusion， muddle and years of delay.
これらの法律は困惑、混乱、数年の遅延を招いた。
4.Already,one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names.
評論家の1人や2人がこの2つの名前を混同し始めている。
5.I 've arranged the books alphabetically so don 't muddle them up.