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单词 quavemire
释义

quavemiren.

Forms: see quave v. and mire n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quave v., mire n.1
Etymology: < quave v. + mire n.1 Compare quawmire at quaw n. and the other words discussed at quagmire n.
Obsolete.
A quagmire.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog
mizzyc1400
quawa1500
quick-mire1509
quavemire1530
quallmire1553
quamire1555
quagmire1566
quakemire1577
gog-mire1583
quag1589
quabmire1597
quadmire1610
bog-mire1624
bumby1632
quick1648
trembling bog1697
shake-bog1815
quake1896
the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated
pounda1500
quavemire1530
fang1535
quamire1555
pit1577
quagmire1577
bog1614
hobble1775
vortex1779
quag1842
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. lviiv Quave myre, foundriere, crouliere.
1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. sig. H.vii I rather recken hilles, wodes, pools, maryshes, prisons, & quauemires, to be places of more safetie.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 206 They do winne nothing by thys distinction: seeing that they fall back into the same quavemire.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 221 Dyonisius was forced to leaue his horse sticking fast in a quaue-mire.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 529 The Lower [part] hath in it foule and slabby quavemires, yea and most troublesome fennes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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