mire 音标拼音: [m'ɑɪr] [m'ɑɪɚ]
n . 泥沼,泥泞
vt . 使陷于泥泞,使陷入困境
vi . 掉进泥坑
泥沼,泥泞使陷於泥泞,使陷入困境掉进泥坑
mire n 1 :
a soft wet area of low -
lying land that sinks underfoot [
synonym : {
mire }, {
quagmire }, {
quag }, {
morass }, {
slack }]
2 :
deep soft mud in water or slush ; "
they waded through the slop " [
synonym : {
slop }, {
mire }]
3 :
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 "
v 1 :
entrap ; "
Our people should not be mired in the past " [
synonym :
{
entangle }, {
mire }]
2 :
cause to get stuck as if in a mire ; "
The mud mired our cart "
[
synonym : {
mire }, {
bog down }]
3 :
be unable to move further ; "
The car bogged down in the sand "
[
synonym : {
grind to a halt }, {
get stuck }, {
bog down }, {
mire }]
4 :
soil with mud ,
muck ,
or mire ; "
The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden " [
synonym : {
mire }, {
muck },
{
mud }, {
muck up }]
Mire \
Mire \ (
m [
imac ]
r ),
n . [
AS .
m [
imac ]
re ,
m [=
y ]
re ;
akin to D .
mier ,
Icel .
maurr ,
Dan .
myre ,
Sw .
myra ;
cf .
also Ir .
moirbh ,
Gr .
my `
rmhx .]
An ant . [
Obs .]
See {
Pismire }.
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1913 Webster ]
Mire \
Mire \,
n . [
OE .
mire ,
myre ;
akin to Icel .
m ?
rr swamp ,
Sw .
myra marshy ground ,
and perh .
to E .
moss .]
Deep mud ;
wet ,
spongy earth . --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire . --
Spenser .
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{
Mire crow } (
Zool .),
the pewit ,
or laughing gull . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Mire drum },
the European bittern . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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1913 Webster ]
Mire \
Mire \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Mired } (
m [
imac ]
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Miring }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
To cause or permit to stick fast in mire ;
to plunge or fix in mud ;
as ,
to mire a horse or wagon .
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2 .
Hence :
To stick or entangle ;
to involve in difficulties ;
--
often used in the passive or predicate form ;
as ,
we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned .
[
PJC ]
3 .
To soil with mud or foul matter .
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1913 Webster ]
Smirched thus and mired with infamy . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Mire \
Mire \,
v .
i .
To stick in mire . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Mirific 112 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mire ":
adhere ,
baygall ,
befoul ,
begrime ,
bemire ,
bemud ,
besmirch ,
besmoke ,
blacken ,
bog ,
bog down ,
bottom ,
bottomland ,
bottoms ,
buffalo wallow ,
cesspool ,
clay ,
cleave ,
cling ,
cloaca ,
cloaca maxima ,
cohere ,
decelerate ,
defile ,
detain ,
dirt ,
dirty ,
dirty up ,
drain ,
dump ,
dust ,
embroil ,
enmesh ,
ensnare ,
entangle ,
entrap ,
everglade ,
fen ,
fenland ,
garbage dump ,
glade ,
glop ,
grime ,
gumbo ,
gunk ,
hog wallow ,
holm ,
implicate ,
involve ,
marais ,
marish ,
marsh ,
marshland ,
meadow ,
mere ,
moor ,
moorland ,
morass ,
moss ,
muck ,
muck up ,
mud ,
mud flat ,
muddy ,
ooze ,
peat bog ,
quag ,
quagmire ,
quicksand ,
retard ,
salt marsh ,
scum ,
septic tank ,
set back ,
sewer ,
sink ,
sink in ,
slab ,
slacken ,
slime ,
slip ,
slob ,
slob land ,
slop ,
slosh ,
slough ,
slow down ,
sludge ,
slush ,
smear ,
smoke ,
smudge ,
snare ,
soil ,
soot ,
sough ,
splosh ,
squash ,
stick ,
stodge ,
sully ,
sump ,
swale ,
swamp ,
swampland ,
swill ,
taiga ,
tangle ,
tarnish ,
trap ,
wallow ,
wash
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