mire

英 [ˈmaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈmaɪər]

n. 泥潭; 泥沼
v. (使)陷于泥泞; (使)陷入困境

复数：mires　过去分词：mired　过去式：mired　现在分词：miring　第三人称单数：mires　

BNC.19852 / COCA.13062

牛津词典

noun

N-SING 泥潭;困境;艰难处境
You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as amireof some kind.
1. ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
  贫穷与无知的泥潭
N-UNCOUNT 灰尘;烂泥;污泥
Mireis dirt or mud.
1. ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
  下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

noun

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Synonym:quagmirequagmorassslack
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
1. the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
2. caught in the mire of poverty
deep soft mud in water or slush
1. they waded through the slop
Synonym:slop

verb

soil with mud, muck, or mire
1. The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
Synonym:muckmudmuck up
be unable to move further
1. The car bogged down in the sand
Synonym:grind to a haltget stuckbog down
cause to get stuck as if in a mire
1. The mud mired our cart
Synonym:bog down
entrap
1. Our people should not be mired in the past
Synonym:entangle

She has become marble in becoming mire.
她在变成污泥的同时，变成了木石。
The civil war is a mire which Western leaders are understandably reluctant to be drawn into.
这场内战是一个泥潭，西方领导人可以理解小愿被卷入。
We slowly sank into the mire of love.
我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。
My name had been dragged through the mire.
我的名声受到了玷污。
He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.
他企图藉赌博增加收入，却陷入了更深的困境。
She couldn't withstand the lure of money and was dragged into the mire.
她经不起金钱的引诱，被拉下水了。
You can take part in competitions for the best jumps in mire.
你可以参加竞赛对最好的跳跃在淤泥。
To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
好像在泥潭中一样被陷入或者受到阻碍。
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
蒲草没有泥岂能发长？芦荻没有水岂能生发？
Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
用泥土、垃圾或污泥弄脏。