muddle-headed(形容词):头脑糊涂的;思路不清的;容易把事情弄混的。(常带轻微贬义或调侃语气)
/ˌmʌdəl ˈhɛdɪd/
After the long flight, I felt muddle-headed and forgot my hotel address.
长途飞行后,我觉得头脑发懵,把酒店地址都忘了。
The report was so long and technical that even an experienced reader could become muddle-headed and miss the main argument.
这份报告又长又专业,连有经验的读者也可能会思路混乱,抓不住核心论点。
muddle 意为“把……弄乱、混淆;糊涂”,来源于早期英语中表示“搅乱、混成一团”的用法;**-headed** 常用于构成形容词,表示“具有某种头脑状态的”(如 clear-headed 思路清晰的)。合起来 muddle-headed 就是“脑子像被搅乱了一样”的意思。