英语词汇“quagmire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	quagmire
释义	quagmire I. \ˈkwagˌmī(ə)r, ˈkwaag-, ˈkwäg-, ˈkwaig-, -mīə\ noun Etymology: quag (I) + mire 1. a. : soft wet miry land that shakes or yields under the foot < the tamarack swamp … was too big and filled with bogs and quagmires — Howard Troyer > b. : a usually dry area of land converted into an expanse of soft wet ground by heavy rain or flooding < a trampled quagmire of mud under the never-ceasing downpour — G.R.Stewart > < rain had turned the prairie trails into quagmires — Lyn Harrington > 2. : something flabby, soft, or yielding < foggy quagmires of fat and dropsy — Thomas Brown > 3. : a complex or precarious position where disengagement is difficult < from a quagmire of false nonsense to a firm island of reality — John Baker > < a quagmire of perplexing problems — Fletcher Pratt > < sunk to the ears in a quagmire of tedium and indifference — Claud Cockburn > < lost in quagmires of negotiation > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to ensnare in or as if in a quagmire < a man is never quagmireed till he stops — W.S.Landor >
随便看	sanglier sango sangoan sangrado sangreeroot sangria sangs sangsue sangu sangui sangui- sanguicolous sanguification sanguify sanguimotor sanguinaria sanguinarily sanguinarine sanguinary sanguinary sanguinary ant sanguine sanguinely sanguineness sanguineous

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