1.
covered in mud; muddy; mud-splattered
Describes something that is completely covered or smeared with mud.
子どもが泥だらけで帰ってきた。
The child came home covered in mud.
雨の後、靴が泥だらけになった。
My shoes got muddy after the rain.
泥だらけの手で触らないで。
Don't touch things with your muddy hands.
USAGE:
泥だらけ uses the suffix ～だらけ, which means "covered in" or "full of" (usually something unpleasant). It functions as a の-adjective modifying nouns (泥だらけの服) or with the copula (泥だらけだ).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 泥だらけの服 (mud-covered clothes)
- 泥だらけになる (to get covered in mud)
- 泥だらけの道 (muddy road)
PATTERN:
The ～だらけ suffix attaches to nouns to mean "covered with" or "full of": 傷だらけ (covered in scratches), 血だらけ (covered in blood), 間違いだらけ (full of mistakes). It almost always has a negative or unpleasant connotation.