Noun:
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfootdeep soft mud in water or slush;they waded through the slop
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from;the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
caught in the mire of poverty
Verb:
entrap;Our people should not be mired in the past
cause to get stuck as if in a mire;The mud mired our cart
be unable to move further;The car bogged down in the sand
soil with mud, muck, or mire;The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
find oneself in the mire隐于困境束手无策…mire drum天然盐水mire vegetation沼泽植被,沼泽地植被…drag sb. through the mire把某人搞臭be in the mire陷入困境drag someone's name through the mire玷污某人的名声…drag someone through the mire使某人丢丑,把某人的…stick in the mire陷在泥淖里
近义词 mud泥muck垃圾bog 沼泽clay黏土dirt污垢quag沼地slime烂泥swamp沼泽marsh沼泽morass沼泽sludge泥泞muddy泥泞的muck up弄脏slack松弛的quagmire沼泽slush软泥油灰bog down陷入泥淖get stuck被卡在 …slop(液体等晃荡…entangle 使 … 纠缠grind to a halt困住
动词84%,名词16%
用作名词The mist arose in the remotemire.遥远的泥沼上方升起了薄雾。
He has run away and landed in themire.他逃开,却开到泥坑里去了。
He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into themire.他企图借赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。用作动词Don' tmirethe wheels of a cart.不要让车轮陷于泥坑。
The most brilliant person may bemiredin detail and confusion.即使是最聪明的人也会陷入琐事与混乱之中。 From 2005 to2006,3 subalpine sphagnum mires were discovered successively at Qizimei Mountains, Erxianyan and Haichi in subtropical regions in Western Hubei province.
2006年,科考人员在地处亚热带的鄂西七姊妹山、二仙岩和寒池等地先后发现了三处亚高山泥炭藓沼泽。 dictall