mire是什么意思

2024-01-24 09:14:17

mire

美[maɪər] 英[maɪə(r)]

n. 泥沼；泥泞；困境

v. (使)陷于泥泞；(使)陷入困境

过去式：mired 过去分词：mired 现在分词：miring 第三人称单数：mires

近义词：mud，slush，morass，muck，slime，quagmire，swamp，marsh，sludge，bog，muddy，clay，dirt，bogdown，getstuck，muckup，entangle，slack，grindtoahalt，quag，slop，

Noun

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
deep 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"

用作名词(n.)

The mist arose in the remote mire.遥远的泥沼上方升起了薄雾。
He has run away and landed in the mire.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 the mire.他企图借赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。

用作动词(v.)

Don t mire the wheels of a cart.不要让车轮陷于泥坑。
The most brilliant person may be mired in detail and confusion.即使是最聪明的人也会陷入琐事与混乱之中。