quagmire
/ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(r)//ˈkwæɡ.maɪr/
- n.
- 沼泽地，泥坑，泥潭，泥沼，沼泽，困境
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
词源说明
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).