English-Thai Dictionary

mire

N หล่ม  เลน  โคลนตม  โคลน  marsh bog ooze lom

 

mire

VI ทำให้ พัวพัน กับ สิ่ง ยุ่งยาก  ทำให้ ยุ่งยาก  tam-hai-pua-pan-kab-sing-ti-yung-yak

 

mire

VT ทำให้ ติดหล่ม  ทำให้ จม โคลน  jam free disentangle release tam-hai-tid-lom

 

mire

VT ทำให้ เปื้อน  ทำให้ เลอะเทอะ  tam-hai-puai

 

mired

ADJ ซึ่ง ตก อยู่ ใน สถานการณ์ ยุ่งยาก  turbid sueng-tok-yu-nai-sa-ta-na-kan-yung-yak

 

mired

ADJ ซึ่ง ติดหล่ม  sueng-tid-lom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIRE

n.Deep mud; earth so wet and soft as to yield to the feet and to wheels.

 

MIRE

v.t.To plunge and fix in mire; to set or stall in mud. We say, a horse, an ox or a carriage is mired, when it has sunk deep into mud and its progress is stopped. 1. To soil or daub with mud or foul matter.

 

MIRE

v.i.To sink in mud, or to sink so deep as to be unable to move forward.

 

MIRE

n.An ant. [See Pismire. ]

 

MIRE-CROW

n.The sea-crow or pewit gull, of the genus Larus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MIRE

Mire, n. Etym: [AS. mire, m; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre,Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr.

 

Defn: An ant. [Obs. ] See Pismire.

 

MIRE

Mire, n. Etym: [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m swamp, Sw. myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss. ]

 

Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng. ] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

MIRE

Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired; 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. To soil with mud or foul matter. Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak.

 

MIRE

MIRE Mire, v. i.

 

Defn: To stick in mire. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mire

mire |mīr ˈmaɪ (ə )r | ▶noun 1 a stretch of swampy or boggy ground. • soft and slushy mud or dirt. • Ecology a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat. 2 a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself: he has been left to squirm in a mire of new allegations. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause to become stuck in mud: sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down . • cover or spatter with mud. • (mire someone /something in ) involve someone or something in (a difficulti situation ): the economy is mired in its longest recession since World War II. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse mýrr, of Germanic origin; related to moss .

 

mirepoix

mire poix |mi (ə )rˈpwä ˌmɪərˈpwɑ | ▶noun a mixture of sautéed chopped vegetables used in various sauces. ORIGIN French, named after the Duc de Mirepoix (1699 –1757 ), French general.

 

mirex

mi rex |ˈmīˌreks ˈmaɪrɛks | ▶noun a synthetic insecticide of the organochlorine type used chiefly against ants. ORIGIN 1960s: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mire

mire |mʌɪə | ▶noun 1 a stretch of swampy or boggy ground: acres of land had been reduced to a mire. • [ mass noun ] soft mud or dirt. • Ecology a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat. 2 a complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself: the service is sinking in the mire of its own regulations. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause to become stuck in mud: sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down . • cover or spatter with mud. • (mire someone /thing in ) involve someone or something in (a difficult situation ): the economy is mired in its longest recession since the war. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse mýrr, of Germanic origin; related to moss .

 

mirepoix

mirepoix |ˈmɪəˌpwɑː | ▶noun a mixture of sautéed chopped vegetables used in various sauces. ORIGIN French, named after the Duc de Mirepoix (1699 –1757 ), French general.

 

mirex

mirex |ˈmʌɪrɛks | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a synthetic insecticide of the organochlorine type used chiefly against ants. ORIGIN 1960s: of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mire

mire noun 1 it's a mire out there: swamp, bog, morass, quagmire, slough; swampland, wetland, marshland. 2 they were stuck in the mire: mud, slime, dirt, filth, muck. 3 struggling to pull the country out of the mire: mess, difficulty, plight, predicament, tight spot, trouble, quandary, muddle; informal jam, fix, pickle, hot water. ▶verb 1 Frank's horse got mired in a bog: bog down, sink (down ). 2 he has become mired in lawsuits: entangle, tangle up, embroil, catch up, mix up, involve.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mire

mire noun 1 when it's wet it's a mire out there: swamp, bog, morass, peat bog, quagmire, quag, slough, sump, quicksand, fen, fenland, swampland, marshland, wetland, salt marsh, saltings, salina; N. Amer. bayou, moor. 2 her horse was spattered with mire: mud, slime, sludge, dirt, filth, ooze, muck. 3 they have pulled themselves out of the mire by winning five matches out of six: mess, difficulty, plight, predicament, emergency, tight spot, tight corner, mass of problems, straits, trouble, quandary, dilemma, problem, muddle, mix-up, confusion, complication, imbroglio, entanglement; informal jam, fix, pickle, spot, stew, hot water, hole, pretty /fine kettle of fish, scrape. ▶verb 1 Frank's horse got mired in a bog hole: get bogged down, sink, sink down, stick in the mud. 2 the children were mired from playing outside: dirty, soil, muddy, begrime, spatter, smear, make muddy /dirty, cake with dirt /soil. 3 since his fall from grace he had been mired in lawsuits: entangle, tangle up, embroil, enmesh, catch up, mix up, involve, bog down.

 

Duden Dictionary

Mire

Mi re Substantiv, feminin , die |M i re |die Mire; Genitiv: der Mire, Plural: die Miren lateinisch-französisch Meridianmarke zur Einstellung des Fernrohrs in Meridianrichtung

 

French Dictionary

mire

mire n. f. nom féminin Repère de visée d ’une arme à feu. LOCUTION Point de mire. figuré Personne, chose qui attire tous les regards. : Des points de mire.

 

mirepoix

mirepoix n. f. nom féminin Préparation à base de légumes (carottes, navets, oignons ) et d ’épices (thym, laurier, etc. ) servant à relever la saveur de certains plats, de certaines sauces.

 

mirer

mirer v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Examiner à contre-jour. : Mirer des œufs. verbe pronominal 1 littéraire Se regarder. : La jeune fille se mirait dans l ’eau. 2 littéraire Se refléter. : Les saules se mirent joliment dans le lac. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Les rameurs se sont mirés dans l ’eau claire du lac. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mire

mire /maɪə r / (!｟主に文 ｠) 名詞 U 1 ぬかるみ ; 湿地, 泥沼 ; 泥 .2 〖the ～〗窮地 ; 汚辱 ▸ be [stick, find oneself ] in the mire 窮地に立つ [陥る ]dr à g A through the m í re A 〈人 (の名 )〉をさらしものにする, Aに恥をかかせる .動詞 他動詞 1 【泥沼 ぬかるみに 】…をはめる «in » .2 …を泥で汚す .3 【混乱 窮地などに 】…を陥れる, 巻き込む (down ) «in » .自動詞 泥沼 [ぬかるみ ]にはまる .