morass

n. 沼泽, 困境, 乱糟糟的一堆

发音

US /məˈɹæs/
US /moˈɹæs/

词形变化

morasses 复数 morasses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

  2. 2.

    Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

slack quagmire mire quag

上位词 2

bog peatbog

相关短语

Morass Bay

词源

From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)) of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). The Middle Dutch word is a borrowing from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh, and linked in part to moor. Compare quagmire.

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