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mire

mire
[英] [maɪə] [美] [maɪr] 生词本

n.

vt.& vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：MIRE  

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1. N-SING 泥潭;困境;艰难处境 You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind. 

  • ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.

    贫穷与无知的泥潭

2. N-UNCOUNT 灰尘;烂泥;污泥 Mire is dirt or mud. 

  • ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.

    下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

Noun

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Verb

1. entrap;

  • "Our people should not be mired in the past"

2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire;

  • "The mud mired our cart"

3. be unable to move further;

  • "The car bogged down in the sand"

4. soil with mud, muck, or mire;

  • "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

医学

  • 1.［法］梯形目标：检眼计臂上的数字之一，其影像反射到角膜上，藉其改变的情况，即可得知角膜散光的程度

地理学

<名>
  • 1.沼泽
  • 2.又称 :沼泽(swamp )

天文学

<名>
  • 1.照准标
  • 2.为检查子午环正南北偏差而设立在离子午环正北或正南几十米远处的观测目标。

植物学

<名>
  • 1.沼泽

生态学

<名>
  • 1.泥炭沼泽
  • 2.水源由地下水、地表径流和雨水供给、土壤发育有泥炭层的湿地。包括矿质泥炭沼泽和酸性泥炭沼泽。
1. I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.
我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。

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2. 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。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》