音标:[maiә] ;
n. 泥沼, 泥泞
vt. 使陷于泥泞, 使陷入困境
vi. 掉进泥坑
n. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
n. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
v. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
词型变化:名词复数形式 : mires ; 过去分词 : mired ; 过去式 : mired ; 现在分词 : miring ; 第三人称单数 : mires
考试类型:[IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
动词84%
名词16%

mire的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The mist arose in the remote mire.遥远的泥沼上方升起了薄雾。
  2. He has run away and landed in the mire.他逃开,却开到泥坑里去了。
  3. He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.他企图借赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。
用作动词(v.)
  1. Don' t mire the wheels of a cart.不要让车轮陷于泥坑。
  2. The most brilliant person may be mired in detail and confusion.即使是最聪明的人也会陷入琐事与混乱之中。

词汇搭配

  • find oneself in the mire隐于困境(束手无策)...
  • mire drum天然盐水
  • mire vegetation沼泽植被,沼泽地植被...
  • drag sb. through the mire把某人搞臭
  • be in the mire陷入困境
  • drag someone's name through the mire玷污某人的名声...
  • drag someone through the mire使某人丢丑,把某人的...
  • stick in the mire陷在泥淖里

经典引文

  • The track..was a mire, impassable even for four-wheel drive vehicles.

    出自:S. Naipaul
  • No turbulent..hailstorms or thunderstorms to mire or discomfit them.

    出自:J. Heller
  • The milk cow was mired in a bog hole.

    出自:New Yorker
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