English-Thai Dictionary

quagmire

N พื้นที่ ซึ่ง เป็น เลน ตม  bog marsh puean-ti-sueng-pen-len-tom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAGMIRE

n.[that is, quake-mire.] Soft wet land, which has a surface firm enough to bear a person, but which shakes or yields under the feet.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUAGMIRE

Quag "mire `, n. Etym: [Quake + mire. ]

 

Defn: Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access. " Palfrey.

 

Syn. -- Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quagmire

quag mire |ˈkwagˌmīr ˈkwæɡmaɪər | ▶noun a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot: torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire. • an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation: a legal quagmire. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from quag + mire .

 

Oxford Dictionary

quagmire

quagmire |ˈkwagmʌɪə, ˈkwɒg -| ▶noun a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot: torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire. • an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation: a legal quagmire. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from quag + mire .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quagmire

quagmire noun 1 the field became a quagmire: swamp, morass, bog, marsh, muskeg, mire, slough; archaic quag. 2 a judicial quagmire: muddle, mix-up, mess, predicament, mare's nest, can of worms, quandary, tangle, imbroglio; trouble, confusion, difficulty; informal sticky situation, pickle, stew, dilemma, fix, bind.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quagmire

quagmire noun 1 the rains arrived and the area was transformed into a red quagmire: swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, quag, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand; Scottish & N. English moss; Irish corcass; N. Amer. bayou, pocosin, moor; archaic marish, carr. 2 the case has become a judicial quagmire: muddle, mix-up, mess, predicament, unfortunate /difficult /awkward situation, mare's nest, quandary, entanglement, tangle, jumble, imbroglio; trouble, confusion, difficulty; corner, tight corner /spot; informal sticky situation, pickle, hole, stew, dilemma, fix, bind, jam, scrape, kettle of fish, how-do-you-do, hot /deep water; W. Indian comess.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quagmire

quag mire /kwǽɡmàɪə r |kwɔ́ɡmà (ɪ )ə /名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 ｟比喩的に ｠泥沼, 窮地, 苦境 .2 沼地, 湿地 .