| 单词 | mare's-nest |
| 释义 | mare's-nest[ mairz-nest ] / ˈmɛərzˌnɛst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mare's-nest ON THESAURUS.COM nounsomething imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest. an extremely confused, entangled, or disordered place, situation, etc.: We just moved in, and the place is a mare's-nest. Origin of mare's-nestFirst recorded in 1610–20 Words nearby mare's-nestMarenzio, mareograph, marero, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Sirenum, mare's-nest, mares of Diomedes, mare's-tail, Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Tyrrhenum, Mare Undarum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mare's-nestmare's-nest nouna discovery imagined to be important but proving worthless a disordered situation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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