muck
noun [ U ] uk/mʌk/ us/mʌk/
脏东西;（动物的）粪便
mud, dirt, or a sticky natural substance such as animal waste
There was green muck at the bottom of the boat. 船底有绿色的脏东西。
You're treading muck into the carpet with your dirty shoes! 你的脏鞋子把地毯弄得脏兮兮的！
a pile of dog muck 一堆狗屎
UK质量低劣的东西
something you consider very unpleasant or very low quality
I'm not eating that muck! 我才不吃那让人反胃的东西！
The immigrants were treated like muck (= treated badly, as if they were not important). 移民们被视为泥土草芥。
Idioms
make a muck of somethingidiom mainly UK informal 打乱；把…弄糟
to spoil something or do something very badly
I've made a muck of it - I'll have to do it again. 我把事情弄得一团糟，——只好重做了。
where there's muck there's brassidiom UK saying 要致富别怕脏。
said to mean that a lot of money can be made from business activities that are dirty or unpleasant