英语词汇“to stick in the mud”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to stick in the mud: to be in difficulties or trouble; (in later use also) to remain in a mean or abject condition, to fail to change or progress. Cf. stick-in-the-mud adj. and n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make only slight progress > make no progress

to stick in the mud1603

to spin one's wheels1974

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (intransitive)] > come to an impasse or be stuck

to stick in the claya1475

stick1534

stale1597

cumber1600

to stick in the mud1603

straita1616

strand1687

quagmire1701

stog1855

slew1890

bunker1894

bog1928

to be bogged1953

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. P O how weake and shallow much of theyr poetrie is..like an vnskilfull Pilot..in so much that oftentimes they sticke so fast in mudde, they loose their wittes ere they can get out.

1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 308 Neuerthelesse Eugenius, sticketh in the mud, being so mightily adiured by Bernard, and leaueth the true inheritance of Saint Peter for that of Constantine.

1752 Truth Triumphant 23 One wou'd wonder how it comes to pass, that after all the elaborate Performances written on this Head, our Author should still stick in the Mud, and run himself into the old exploded Method used by Foreigners.

1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 402 Why, sir, that fellow did run upon a rope to be sure, till at length he came to a stand-still; and they say will now very soon stick in the mud.

1818 M. Belson Little Lessons for Little Folks i. 17 He was a smart, keen child, and would make his way any-where, when Ned would stick in the mud.

1864 D. G. Rossetti Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (2003) III. 215 I have done no work at all here for 3 weeks, and am sorely wanting to get home, but I stick in the mud everywhere & day after day I fail to get away.

1898 J. Arch Story of Life xiv. 345 To teach a man to be content to stick in the mud is to teach a man to curse himself.

1943 W. Stegner Big Rock Candy Mountain i. 58 So I have to stick in the mud while you go off. How long will you be?

1983 I. Whitcomb Rock Odyssey iv. 205 The spokesmen for the New Consciousness, for rock, condemning the record for sticking in the mud of Tin Pan Alley.

单词	to stick in the mud
释义	> as lemmas to stick in the mud a. to stick in the mud: to be in difficulties or trouble; (in later use also) to remain in a mean or abject condition, to fail to change or progress. Cf. stick-in-the-mud adj. and n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make only slight progress > make no progress to stick in the mud1603 to spin one's wheels1974 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (intransitive)] > come to an impasse or be stuck to stick in the claya1475 stick1534 stale1597 cumber1600 to stick in the mud1603 straita1616 strand1687 quagmire1701 stog1855 slew1890 bunker1894 bog1928 to be bogged1953 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. P O how weake and shallow much of theyr poetrie is..like an vnskilfull Pilot..in so much that oftentimes they sticke so fast in mudde, they loose their wittes ere they can get out. 1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 308 Neuerthelesse Eugenius, sticketh in the mud, being so mightily adiured by Bernard, and leaueth the true inheritance of Saint Peter for that of Constantine. 1752 Truth Triumphant 23 One wou'd wonder how it comes to pass, that after all the elaborate Performances written on this Head, our Author should still stick in the Mud, and run himself into the old exploded Method used by Foreigners. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 402 Why, sir, that fellow did run upon a rope to be sure, till at length he came to a stand-still; and they say will now very soon stick in the mud. 1818 M. Belson Little Lessons for Little Folks i. 17 He was a smart, keen child, and would make his way any-where, when Ned would stick in the mud. 1864 D. G. Rossetti Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (2003) III. 215 I have done no work at all here for 3 weeks, and am sorely wanting to get home, but I stick in the mud everywhere & day after day I fail to get away. 1898 J. Arch Story of Life xiv. 345 To teach a man to be content to stick in the mud is to teach a man to curse himself. 1943 W. Stegner Big Rock Candy Mountain i. 58 So I have to stick in the mud while you go off. How long will you be? 1983 I. Whitcomb Rock Odyssey iv. 205 The spokesmen for the New Consciousness, for rock, condemning the record for sticking in the mud of Tin Pan Alley. extracted from stickv.¹ < as lemmas
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