mire

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

mires

1.
(countable, uncountable)Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
Đồng nghĩa: peatland, quag
3.
(countable, uncountable)An undesirable situation; a predicament.
4.
(obsolete, rare)(rare or obsolete) An ant.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

mires

V_ing/Gerund

miring

V_ed/pp

mired

1.
(transitive)To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
to mire a horse or wagon
Đồng nghĩa: bemire, enmire
2.
(intransitive)To sink into mud.
3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To weigh down.
4.
(intransitive)To soil with mud or foul matter.
Đồng nghĩa: bemire

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

peatlandquag bemireenmire

Cùng gốc / liên quan

mirish bemireenmirein the miremire crowmire drummirelandmirypickmirequagmirewallow in the mire

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also myr, myr, mýri, (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to *meusą, whence mēos, and *musą, whence mos (moss).