mire

英 [ma??] 美['ma??]
  • n. 泥潭；[地理] 泥沼
  • vi. 陷于泥坑；陷入困境
  • vt. 使陷于泥坑；使陷入困境
  • n. (Mire)人名；(塞、索、阿拉伯)米雷；(法)米爾
IELTSGRETEM8擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?mires;

助記提示

1. moor => mire.
2. moss <====> mire.
3. admire(v. 欽佩) => mire →欽佩那些身處困境、身處泥潭、身處泥沼而不屈服、仍然堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的人。

中文詞源

mire 泥沼

來自Proto-Germanic*miuzja,沼澤，來自PIE*meus,泥沼，污泥，詞源同moss,mysophobia.

英文詞源

mire (n.)
c. 1300, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse myrr "bog, swamp," from Proto-Germanic *miuzja- (source of Old English mos "bog, marsh"), from PIE *meus- "damp" (see moss).
mire (v.)
c. 1400, in figurative sense of "to involve in difficulties," from mire (n.). Literal sense is from 1550s. Related: Mired; miring.

雙語例句

1. The wheels sank deeper into the mire.
輪子在泥潭中陷得更深了。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.
我不想使我兒子的名譽(yù)掃地.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. She couldn't withstand the lure of money and was dragged into the mire.
她經(jīng)不起金錢的引誘,被拉下水了.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. " He's an old friend, " he went on, getting deeper into the mire.
“ 他是老朋友了, " 他繼續(xù)說, 越來越深地陷進(jìn)了泥沼.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

5. I sank in deep mire; I felt no standing.
我陷入深深的泥潭; 我覺得沒有立足之處.

來自辭典例句