| 词汇 | quagmired |
| 词源 | quagmired. Hopelessly entangled in a terrible mess, bogged down. A quagmire, the word first recorded in 1579, is ground that appears firm but is really jellylike and swallows anyone who steps upon it. The quag in the word is a variant of quake, “to shake,” while mire means “muddy land.” |
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