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

• They have dragged the planet deeper into the mire of militarism, tension, and war.
  他们把这个星球更深地拉入黩武、对抗和战争的泥淖之中。
• Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
  蒲草没有泥岂能发长？芦荻没有水岂能生发？
• 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。
• The mire now reached to his knees, and the water to his waist.
  现在淤泥已到膝下，而水则到了腰际。
• They have been in mire for the some time.
  他们陷入困境已有一段时间了。
• Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
  用泥土、垃圾或污泥弄脏。
• Having risen from the mire of swamps and marshes, the Orcish hordes have swept across this domain in the fulfillment of that destiny.
  从沼泽和湿地中崛起，兽人部落横扫这片领土以实现这个命运。
• R: unmerciful mire, lick up the most lovely person in the world!
  罗密欧：你无情的泥，吞噬了世上最可爱的人！
• We slowly sank into the mire of love.
  我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。
• And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
  他们用绳子将耶利米系下去。牢狱里没有水，只有淤泥，耶利米就陷在淤泥中。