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单词 mare's-nest
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mare's-nest  (mârznest′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. something 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.
  2. an extremely confused, entangled, or disordered place, situation, etc.:We just moved in, and the place is a mare's-nest.
  • 1610–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mare's-nest n
  1. a discovery imagined to be important but proving worthless
  2. a disordered situation
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