mire

英 [maɪə] 美['maɪɚ]
  • 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)米尔

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词态变化


复数: mires;

助记提示


1. moor => mire.
2. moss <====> mire.
3. admire(v. 钦佩) => mire →钦佩那些身处困境、身处泥潭、身处泥沼而不屈服、仍然坚强的人。

中文词源


mire 泥沼

来自Proto-Germanic*miuzja,沼泽,来自PIE*meus,泥沼,污泥,词源同moss,mysophobia.

英英释意


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

英文词源


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.

实用场景例句


(figurative)My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined) .
我的名声受到了玷污。

牛津词典

(figurative)The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation) .
政府在泥潭中越陷越深。

牛津词典

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

牛津词典

...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
贫穷与无知的泥潭

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

辞典例句

Seek only for light and freedom and not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
只追寻光明和自由,而不要使自己身陷于世俗的泥沼.

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He has run away and landed in the mire.
他一小差就开到泥坑里去了.

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I sank in deep mire; I felt no standing.
我陷入深深的泥潭; 我觉得没有立足之处.

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I will get out of the mire.
我要将自己拉出泥潭.

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Lure or drag sb. into the mire or wrong doings.
引诱某人做坏事或犯错误.

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He has rescued me from the mire of misery.
他把我从苦海里救了出来.

辞典例句

Accordingto Preston equation, mathematics model of MIRE is established in this thesis.
在研究磁流变抛光机理的基础上,根据光学加工中为人们所普遍接受的Preston方程, 建立了磁流变抛光的数学模型.

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And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
井里没有水, 只有淤泥; 耶利米就陷在淤泥中.

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Don't mire the wheels of a cart.
不要让车轮陷于泥坑.

辞典例句

They splashed through the mire to the village.
他们一路踏着泥水向村子去.

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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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
伯30:19神把我扔在淤泥中 、 我就像尘土和炉灰一般.

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Pigs were wallowing in the mire.
猪在泥沼中打滚.

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Mire, a ver como le quedan estos blancos.
我觉得这鞋子有点大.

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Sharp stones are under him : he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
30它肚腹下如尖瓦片,它如钉耙经过淤泥.

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She has become marble in becoming mire.
她在变成污泥的同时,变成了木石.

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He has cast me into the mire, and i have become like dust and ashes.
上帝把我扔在淤泥中, 我就像尘土和炉灰一般.

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The bus has stuck in the mire.
汽车陷入了泥坑中.

辞典例句

The Mist arose in the remote mire.
遥远的泥沼上方升起了薄雾.

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The hog weltered in the mire.
猪在泥坑里打滚.

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Trample them in the mire under the German heel.
践踏在德国的足下可也.

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