mire

英 [ˈmaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈmaɪər]

n.  泥潭; 泥沼
v.  (使)陷于泥泞; (使)陷入困境

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

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BNC.19852 / COCA.13062

牛津词典

noun

• 泥潭；泥沼
  an area of deep mud
  1. The wheels sank deeper into the mire.
     轮子在泥潭中陷得更深了。
  2. My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined) .
     我的名声受到了玷污。
  3. The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation) .
     政府在泥潭中越陷越深。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 泥潭;困境;艰难处境
  You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as amireof some kind.
  1. ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
     贫穷与无知的泥潭
• N-UNCOUNT 灰尘;烂泥;污泥
  Mireis dirt or mud.
  1. ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
     下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

英英释义

noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  Synonym:quagmirequagmorassslack
• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
  1. the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
  2. caught in the mire of poverty
• deep soft mud in water or slush
  1. they waded through the slop
  Synonym:slop

verb

• soil with mud, muck, or mire
  1. The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
  Synonym:muckmudmuck up
• be unable to move further
  1. The car bogged down in the sand
  Synonym:grind to a haltget stuckbog down
• cause to get stuck as if in a mire
  1. The mud mired our cart
  Synonym:bog down
• entrap
  1. Our people should not be mired in the past
  Synonym:entangle

双语例句

• I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。
• You can take part in competitions for the best jumps in mire.
  你可以参加竞赛对最好的跳跃在淤泥。
• But later on Beaucock had fallen into the mire.
  但是后来，比奥库克陷入了困境。
• We slowly sank into the mire of love.
  我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。
• They have been in mire for the some time.
  他们陷入困境已有一段时间了。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.
  他把我从苦海里救了出来。
• At one time, had smooth sailing in his studies on the fell, Xian into the mire!
  一度，一帆风顺得他在自己的学业上跌倒了，陥进了泥潭！
• To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
  好像在泥潭中一样被陷入或者受到阻碍。
• She has become marble in becoming mire.
  她在变成污泥的同时，变成了木石。
• But arrived the Yangshuo moon village, you would put on mire toward the body willingly.
  可是到了阳朔月亮村，你就会心甘情愿地往身上抹泥了。