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单词 morass
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mo•rass /məˈræs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a marsh or bog.
  2. something confusing or troublesome or from which it is difficult to free oneself:a morass of details.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mo•rass  (mə ras′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
  2. a marsh or bog.
  3. marshy ground.
  4. any confusing or troublesome situation, esp. one from which it is difficult to free oneself;
    entanglement.
  • Gmc. See marsh
  • Old French mareis
  • Dutch moeras, alteration (by association with moer marsh; compare moor1) of Middle Dutch maras
  • 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
morass /məˈræs/ n
  1. a tract of swampy low-lying land
  2. a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress
Etymology: 17th Century: from Dutch moeras, ultimately from Old French marais marsh
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