quagmire

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n. 沼泽地, 泥坑, 泥潭, 泥沼, 沼泽, 困境

发音

UK /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
UK /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
CA /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/
US /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/
AU /ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/
AU /ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/

词形变化

quagmires 复数 quagmires quagmired quagmires 三单 quagmiring quagmiring 现在分词 quagmired 过去式 quagmired 过去分词

别名

quackmire quadmire quavemire quawmire

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A swampy, soggy area of ground.

    沼泽

    That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots

  2. 2.

    A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

    泥潭

    比喻

    The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

    Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.

v.
  1. 1.

    To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

slack mire morass quag

上位词 2

bog peatbog

词源

Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775. Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire. Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь).

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