搜尋結果
mire
- IPA[ˈmʌɪə]
英式
- a stretch of swampy or boggy ground;soft mud or dirt
- cause to become stuck in mud;cover or spatter with mud
noun: mire, plural noun: mires
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a stretch of swampy or boggy ground acres of land had been reduced to a mire
- ▪ soft mud or dirt the roads retained their winter mire 同義詞
- ▪ a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat. 同義詞
- 2. a complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself the service is sinking in the mire of its own regulations
動詞
- 1. cause to become stuck in mud sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down 同義詞
- ▪ cover or spatter with mud the horse waded through the red mud that mired it to its hocks 同義詞
- ▪ involve someone or something in (a difficult situation) the economy is mired in its longest recession since the war 同義詞