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单词 mire
释义
Mire
nnoun.objecta soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Synset:morass quag quagmire slack
Derivationally Related Form:quaggymiremiry
Hypernyms:bog peat bog
Inherited Hypernyms:mirebogwetlandlandobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.substancedeep soft mud in water or slush
Synset:slop
Examples:
  • they waded through the slop
Derivationally Related Form:sloppy
Hypernyms:clay mud
Inherited Hypernyms:slopmudsoilearthmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:slopmudsoilearthmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.statea difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
Examples:
  • the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
  • caught in the mire of poverty
Hypernyms:difficulty
Inherited Hypernyms:miredifficultyconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
vverb.stativeentrap
Synset:entangle
Examples:
  • Our people should not be mired in the past
Derivationally Related Form:entanglement
Hypernyms:involve
Inherited Hypernyms:entangleinvolveadmitpermitacceptreactact
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.motioncause to get stuck as if in a mire
Synset:bog down
Examples:
  • The mud mired our cart
Derivationally Related Form:mire
Inherited Hypernyms:mire
Causes:bog down get stuck grind to a halt mire
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.motionbe unable to move further
Synset:bog down get stuck grind to a halt
Examples:
  • The car bogged down in the sand
Derivationally Related Form:mire
Hypernyms:stand still
Inherited Hypernyms:grind to a haltstand still
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contactsoil with mud, muck, or mire
Synset:muck muck up mud
Examples:
  • The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
Derivationally Related Form:miremudmuck
Hypernyms:begrime bemire colly dirty grime soil
Inherited Hypernyms:miredirtychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
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