mess

詞型變化：

動詞過去式:messed 過去分詞:messed 現在分詞:messing 第三人稱單數:messes 　

詞意辨析：

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

這些名詞均表示事物的混亂狀態。
confusion: 指東西攪混在一起，凌亂得難以辨認；也可指思想混亂，以致無法進行正常的思維活動。
disorder: 正式用詞，含義廣泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混亂；也可指社會中的動亂或騷亂。
disturbance: 主要指社會中政治性的動亂、騷亂；也可指個人或少數人的鬧事。
mess: 語氣強，口語中較常用的非正式用詞。指既混亂又骯髒，尤指人思想混亂或外表不整潔。
chaos: 著重指令人無能為力或感到絕望的混亂狀態。突出沒有很好的組織。　

中英例句：

1. Don't mess up my hair: I've just combed it.
   別把我的頭髮弄亂，我剛梳好。
2. I was asked to organize the trip, but I messed it up.
   大家要我組織這次旅遊，可是我把事情搞糟了。
3. I love just messing about in the garden.
   我就是喜歡在花園裡瞎轉。
4. Stop messing about my work!
   別再妨礙我工作！
5. Who messed up my papers?
   誰把我的檔案搞得亂七八糟？
6. The local economy is now in a mess.
   當地的經濟現在很混亂。

英文解釋：

名詞 mess:

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness
   同義詞：messiness, muss, mussiness
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   同義詞：fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
3. soft semiliquid food
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
   同義詞：mess hall
6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   同義詞：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

動詞 mess:

1. eat in a mess hall
2. make a mess of or create disorder in
   同義詞：mess up