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morass

美音:[mə´ræs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.沼泽

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morass为短语/超纲词汇

近义词, 同义词

marsh  swamp  morass  moss  fen  bog  quagmire  slough  mud  squash    

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bog  marsh  mire  swamp    

morass


/mə'ræs; mə`ræs/
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 stretch of low soft wet land; marsh 沼泽.
2 ~ (of sth) (fig 比喻) thing that confuses people or prevents progress 困扰人或阻碍进步的事物; 困境
*a morass of confusion, doubt, despair, etc 困惑、怀疑、绝望等的境地
* be caught up in, bogged down in, floundering in a morass of bureaucratic procedures 掉进、陷入、挣扎在官僚主义繁文缛节的泥淖中.

morass


n
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Dutch;Origin: moeras, from Old French maresc]
[singular]
a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of
 We're trying to drag the country out of its economic morass.
morass of
 They were stuck in a morass of paperwork.
[C]literary
a dangerous area of soft wet ground
= marsh