jumble ♦︎ shuffle ♦︎ mix sth up ♦︎ muddleThese words all mean to put things together in the wrong order or a different order.這些詞均表示把物品雜亂地放在一起。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to jumble / mix / muddle things up◆to be jumbled / mixed / muddled up◆to be jumbled / muddled up together◆to jumble / mix up the letters in a word / words in a sentence◆to mix up / muddle sb's papers■jumble [transitive, usually passive] to mix things together without any order and in an untidy way亂堆;弄混亂;使雜亂◆The letters in these words have been jumbled up.這些單詞的字母順序已被打亂。◆Books, shoes and clothes were jumbled together on the floor.書本、鞋子和衣服胡亂堆放在地板上。 see also jumble ⇨ messnoun1, jumbled ⇨ untidy■shuffle [transitive] to move paper or things into different positions or a different order; to completely change the order of all the playing cards in a pack(= set)before playing a game(把紙張或物品)變換位置,打亂次序;洗牌◆He nervously shuffled the papers on his desk.他緊張不安地胡亂翻動桌上的報紙。◆Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player.洗洗牌,然後給每人發七張。■ˌmix sth ˈup
phrasal verb
to change the order or arrangement of a group of things, often by mistake or in a way that you do not want弄亂(順序或位置)◆Someone has mixed up all the application forms.有人把申請表都弄亂了。◆The words in this proverb have been mixed up.這條諺語中的單詞順序被打亂了。■muddle [transitive, often passive] (especially BrE) to accidentally change the order or arrangement of a group of things, usually in a way that you do not want(無意中)弄亂(順序或位置)◆Don't do that-you're muddling my papers.住手,你把我的文件弄亂了。NOTE辨析 Jumble, mix sth up or muddle?You can jumble or mix things up by mistake or deliberately; things are always muddled by mistake. * jumble或mix sth up指無意中或故意把物品弄亂。muddle則指無意中把物品弄亂◆The words in this proverb have been muddled up.You can mix up or muddle papers or forms by getting them in the wrong order; things that are jumbled are usually objects that are not in any order at all. * mix sth up或muddle指把文件或表格等的順序搞亂,jumble則通常指物品雜亂無序。