muss

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muss1 /mʌs/ (also muss up) verb [transitiveT] informal especially American EnglishAmE

UNTIDYto make something untidy, especially someone’s hair 把〔某物，尤指头发〕弄乱，使凌乱

Briscoe reached down and mussed the boy’s hair.

布里斯科伸出手揉了揉那男孩的头发。

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muss• He never got his hair mussed.• Pre-Hugo, come to think of it, my hair never got mussed.• Grass long and mussed by wind.• The store man Alexander headed them, stepped toward the boy Earl Varney and mussed his hair.• The other was mussed, the bedspread pulled down and the pillows stacked against the headboard.• A warm breeze mussed up her wispy hair.

muss2 noun

no muss, no fussno fuss no muss used to say that something can be done easily and without problems – used humorously 很容易，没问题〔幽默用法〕

It works every time, no muss, no fuss.

它每次都奏效，没有任何问题。

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no muss, no fuss• It would be nice if income tax could be figured out in half an hour - no muss, no fuss.

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