In extended use: a place of confinement; a place from which escape is difficult; spec. a prison, esp. (in earlier use) one for debtors. Now U.S. slang…
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释义 | the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated (10) pounda1500 In extended use: a place of confinement; a place from which escape is difficult; spec. a prison, esp. (in earlier use) one for debtors. Now U.S. slang… quavemire1530 A quagmire. fang1535 A noose, trap. In quots. fig. Obs. quamire1555 = quagmire, n. pit1577 figurative and in figurative contexts. Something resembling a hole in darkness or depth; a situation from which it is difficult to escape, a trap; a… quagmire1577 In extended use. A position or situation which is unpleasant or hazardous; esp. one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. bog1614 figurative. (Cf. ‘fog’.) hobble1775 figurative. An awkward or perplexing situation from which extrication is difficult. dialect and colloquial. In Scottish habble: a difficulty, a… vortex1779 figurative. A situation into which persons or things are steadily drawn, or from which they cannot escape. (Chiefly after sense 3.) quag1842 A marshy or boggy spot, esp. one covered with vegetation which gives way underfoot. In extended use and figurative: a place or thing which resembles… |
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