mire

mire /'maiə/
  • danh từ
    • bùn; vũng bùn
    • bãi lầy
    • to drag someone through the mire
      • bêu rếu ai, làm nhục ai
    • to stick (find oneself) in the mire
      • lâm vào cảnh khó khăn, sa lầy
  • ngoại động từ
    • vấy bùn, nhận vào bùn
    • vấy bẩn, làm bẩn
    • đẩy vào hoàn cảnh khó khăn
 bùn
 đầm lầy
Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 vũng bùn

o   bùn, đầm lầy

Xem thêm: quagmire, quag, morass, slack, slop, entangle, bog down, grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, muck, mud, muck up



mire

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; quagmire, quag, morass, slack
  • deep soft mud in water or slush; slop

    they waded through the slop

  • a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

    the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president

    caught in the mire of poverty

    v.

  • entrap; entangle

    Our people should not be mired in the past

  • cause to get stuck as if in a mire; bog down

    The mud mired our cart

  • be unable to move further; grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down

    The car bogged down in the sand

  • soil with mud, muck, or mire; muck, mud, muck up

    The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

mires|mired|miring
syn.: muck mud slime slush