quagmire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/|/ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/|/ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/|/ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
    — That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots
  2. A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. figuratively
    — The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
动词 v.
  1. To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty. transitive

词形变化

quagmires plural quagmires present,singular,third-person quagmiring participle,present quagmired participle,past quagmired past

词汇关系

衍生词
quagmirical quagmirish quagmiry

词源

词源 1
Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.
Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.
Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь).
词源 2
Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.
Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.
Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь).
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