Mire

[maɪə] or ['maɪɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

(noun.) 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.) soil with mud, muck, or mire; 'The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden'.

(verb.) cause to get stuck as if in a mire; 'The mud mired our cart'.

整理:罗威娜--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An ant.

(n.) Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

(v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

(v. t.) To soil with mud or foul matter.

(v. i.) To stick in mire.

校對:罗伯特

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Mud, ooze, slime.

v. n. Sink in mud.

校對:杜鲁门

解釋/意思:

n. deep mud.—v.t. to plunge and fix in mire: to soil with mud.—v.i. to sink in mud.—n. Mī′riness.—adj. Mī′ry consisting of mire: covered with mire.

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