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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 

IELTSGRETEM8

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
      1. 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
      2. 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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!
      • 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 civil war is a mire which Western leaders are understandably reluctant to be drawn into.
        这场内战是一个泥潭,西方领导人可以理解小愿被卷入。
      • My name had been dragged through the mire.
        我的名声受到了玷污。
      • 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。
      • But later on Beaucock had fallen into the mire.
        但是后来,比奥库克陷入了困境。