mire

泥泞；泥沼

mire

泥潭

陷入

mire

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

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1. entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

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2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

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3. be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"

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4. soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

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