"wet, swampy tract," 1650s, from Dutch moeras "marsh, fen," from Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French marais "marsh," from Frankish, possibly from West Germanic *marisk, from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz "like a lake," from *mari "sea" (see mere (n.)). The word was influenced in Dutch by moer "moor" (see moor (n.)). Figurative use is attested from 1867. Replaced earlier mareis (early 14c.; see marish).
雙語例句
1. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
我試圖從絕望的困境中走出來。
來自辭典例句
2. Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.
數(shù)學知識是確定無疑的,它給人們在沼澤地上提供了一個穩(wěn)妥的立足點.
來自辭典例句
3. EXAMPLE : During the rainy season the valley became an impassible morass.
雨季的山谷變成了不可通行的沼澤.
來自互聯(lián)網
4. The books are written off as a morass of stuff and nonsense.
這些書寫的全是一派胡言.
來自互聯(lián)網
5. But the real worry is the thickening morass of indirect debt.