n. 泥沼, 泥泞

vt. 使陷于泥泞, 使陷入困境

vi. 掉进泥坑

[化] 淤渣; 淤泥; 矿泥

[医] 梯形目标

Mire \Mire\ (m[imac]r), n. [AS. m[=i]re, m[=y]re; akin to D.
mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh,
Gr. my`rmhx.]
An ant. [Obs.] See {Pismire}.


Mire \Mire\, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?rr swamp, Sw.
myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. --Chaucer.

He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. --Spenser.

{Mire crow} (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
Eng.]

{Mire drum}, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]


Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired} (m[imac]rd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Miring}.]
1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties;
-- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got
mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer
than planned.
[PJC]

3. To soil with mud or foul matter.

Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak.


Mire \Mire\, v. i.
To stick in mire. --Shak.