| 释义 |
Noun: mire mIr- A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- quagmire, quag, morass, slack - Deep soft mud in water or slush
- slop - 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"
Verb: mire mIr- Entrap
"Our people should not be mired in the past"
- entangle - Cause to get stuck as if in a mire
"The mud mired our cart"
- bog down - Be unable to move further
- grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down - Soil with mud, muck, or mire
- muck, mud, muck up
Derived forms: mired, mires, miring See also: miry Type of: begrime, bemire [archaic], bog, clay, colly [archaic], difficulty, dirty, grime, involve, mud, peat bog, soil, stand still Encyclopedia: Mire |