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单词 mire
释义

mire

1 of 2

noun

ˈmī(-ə)r How to pronounce mire (audio)
1
: wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest Saturday Review
2
: heavy often deep mud or slush
The troops trudged onward through the mire.
3
: a troublesome or intractable situation
found themselves in a mire of debt
miry
ˈmīr-ē How to pronounce mire (audio)
adjective

mire

2 of 2

verb

mired; miring

transitive verb

1
a
: to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire
The car was mired in the muck.
b
: to hamper or hold back as if by mire : entangle
The company has been mired in legal problems.
2
: to cover or soil with mire
his mired boots

intransitive verb

: to stick or sink in mire
a road in which horses and wagons mired regularly Edmund Arnold

Synonyms

Noun

  • guck
  • gook
  • muck
  • mud
  • ooze
  • slime
  • slop
  • sludge
  • slush

Verb

  • befoul
  • begrime
  • bemire
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • daub
  • dirty
  • distain [archaic]
  • foul
  • gaum [dialect]
  • grime
  • muck
  • muddy
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • soil
  • stain
  • sully
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Example Sentences

Noun The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire. played on a football field that was thick with mire Verb the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired, still stirred the soldiers' hearts the case has been mired in probate court for years
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Cranes had to be brought in to lift trucks full of gear out of the mire. Chris Johns, SPIN, 8 Aug. 2022 Many people in the political world regarded the failure as a referendum: The project of voting rights, once bipartisan, was one more polarizing mire. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 22 June 2022 Lawmakers and publishers alike worried about the appearance of indulging in propaganda that echoed the mire of the Great War or was seemingly sourced from the Soviet Union. Esther Bergdahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022 The Great Black Swamp, a product of the excess of mire left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age-era Lake Erie, and which covered much of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana, inspired visceral revulsion. Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire, a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet. Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 The island is in the mire of an economic crisis brought on by ferocious U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed emigration to historic highs. New York Times, 30 May 2022 Nasser now cast himself as someone who could elevate the campus from the mire of Falwell’s misdeeds. Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Kate and Toby could have gone on forever in a mire of unhappiness without making a change. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2022
Verb
The incidents combined to take out completely or severely mire the days of nearly a dozen cars. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2022 The United States has eased pandemic precautions almost entirely; the FDA’s coming deliberations could reflect that attitude, and mire pediatric shots in dillydallying muck. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2022 But even minor tinkering by the new mayor could further mire the plan in delays. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021 But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building’s roof and fire safety. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021 But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building’s roof and fire safety. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021 But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building’s roof and fire safety. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021 But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building’s roof and fire safety. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021 But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building’s roof and fire safety. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Old Norse mȳrr; akin to Old English mōs marsh — more at moss

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Kids Definition

mire 1 of 2

noun

ˈmīr How to pronounce mire (audio)
: heavy deep mud

mire

2 of 2

verb

mired; miring
: to stick or cause to become stuck in or as if in heavy deep mud A wagon was mired in the swamp.

Medical Definition

mire

noun

ˈmī(ə)r How to pronounce mire (audio)
: any of the objects on the arm of an ophthalmometer that are used to measure astigmatism by the reflections they produce in the cornea when illuminated

mire 1 of 2

noun

1
as in mud
soft wet earth played on a football field that was thick with mire

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • mud
  • muck
  • sludge
  • ooze
  • gravel
  • slime
  • sand
  • silt
  • dirt
  • slop
  • guck
  • slush
  • gook
  • clay
  • soil
  • loam
  • gumbo
  • humus
2
as in swamp
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water much of the land in that area is mire that cannot be developed

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • swamp
  • marsh
  • wetland
  • morass
  • bog
  • slough
  • mud
  • wash
  • fen
  • muskeg
  • swampland
  • marshland
  • moor
  • slew
  • slue
  • quagmire
  • muck
  • swale
  • sludge
  • ooze
  • slime
  • gook
  • guck
  • slop
  • slush
3
as in predicament
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape an abused wife who was hopelessly stuck in a mire of emotional dependency

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • predicament
  • pickle
  • dilemma
  • swamp
  • hole
  • quagmire
  • bind
  • impasse
  • jam
  • corner
  • difficulty
  • box
  • fix
  • crisis
  • spot
  • rattrap
  • sticky wicket
  • rabbit hole
  • plight
  • kettle of fish
  • jackpot
  • trouble
  • catch-22
  • soup
  • quandary
  • node
  • hot water
  • stalemate
  • standstill
  • halt
  • pinch
  • deadlock
  • emergency
  • strait
  • logjam
  • scrape
  • crossroad
  • clutch
  • exigency
  • juncture

mire

2 of 2

verb

1
as in to muck
to make dirty the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired, still stirred the soldiers' hearts

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • muck
  • stain
  • dirty
  • mess
  • soil
  • muddy
  • grime
  • blacken
  • sully
  • smudge
  • besmirch
  • distain
  • daub
  • foul
  • gaum
  • smirch
  • bemire
  • taint
  • pollute
  • befoul
  • begrime
  • contaminate
  • disarray
  • disorder
  • muddle
  • jumble
  • defile
  • disarrange
  • discolor
  • draggle
  • colly
  • crock
  • dishevel
  • confuse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clean
  • cleanse
  • purge
  • purify
  • dust
  • sweep
  • decontaminate
  • brush
  • wash
  • scrub
  • wipe
  • mop
  • rinse
  • scour
  • disinfect
  • sanitize
  • renew
  • launder
  • brighten
  • spruce (up)
  • straighten (up)
  • freshen
  • deodorize
  • tidy (up)
  • dry-clean
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2
as in to trap
to place in conflict or difficulties the case has been mired in probate court for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • trap
  • tangle
  • embroil
  • enmesh
  • ensnare
  • snare
  • broil
  • embrangle
  • bog (down)
  • entrap
  • ensnarl
  • entangle
  • immesh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • liberate
  • free
  • release
  • emancipate
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