murky

参见：Murky

英语

其他形式

• mirky

词源

源自中古英语 mirky，等价于murk +‎ -y。与古诺尔斯语 myrkr、俄语 мрак (mrak)、塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语 мра̑к有关。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈmɜː(ɹ)ki/

• （美国）音频

  （文档）

• 韵部：-ɜː(ɹ)ki

形容词

murky (比较级 murkier, 最高级 murkiest)

1. (指雾等) 模糊的，厚而看不透的
   • Template:RQ:Dickens Sketches by Boz
2. 昏暗的
   • Template:RQ:Shakespeare Tempest
3. 模糊的，浑浊的，朦胧的；多云的；隐晦的，暧昧不清的

   murky waters

   浑水，搅不清的事情

   murky territory

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   • 2021 4月 21, Anatoly Liberman, “Going out on a Limb”, 出自 Oxford Etymologist‎^[1]:

     They may face an impenetrable word, approach its murky history from every direction, and fail to find a convincing solution (or even any solution: “origin unknow,” “the rest is unclear,” and the like).

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   • 2022 10月 28, Maria Cramer, “Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Mr. Farrier, 39, said he often questioned the moral implications of his trips. “It’s very ethically murky territory,” Mr. Farrier said.

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   • 2022 12月 23, Keith Bradsher, Amy Chang Chien, Joy Dong, “As Cases Explode, China’s Low Covid Death Toll Convinces No One”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     China’s murky statistics are fueling widespread public distrust. Its narrow definition of Covid deaths “will very much underestimate the true death toll,” the W.H.O. says.

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4. (引申义) 可疑的

近义词

• dark

相关词汇

• murk
• murkily
• murkiness

延伸阅读

• “murky”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• “murky”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302