Word · Frequency #21135
morass
沼泽
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- 1.
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
一片松软、湿润的土地；沼泽；沼地
- 2.
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
低洼松软潮湿、脚下会下陷的地方
- 3.
Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
使人陷入困境或使进展困难的事物
一片松软、湿润的土地；沼泽；沼地；低洼松软潮湿、脚下会下陷的地方；使人陷入困境或使进展困难的事物；困境；乱糟糟的一堆
In use
After the rain, the hiking trail turned into a morass that made every step difficult.
The farmer warned us not to cross the field because the morass near the creek could swallow a tractor.
Some rare birds build their nests in the morasses along the river, far from any road.
a morass of [sth]
表示“一大堆（混乱的东西）”。
The report was a morass of confusing data.
这份报告是一堆混乱的数据。
in a morass of [sth]
强调处于某种困境中。
He found himself in a morass of legal problems.
他发现自己陷入法律问题的泥沼。
be mired in a morass of [sth]
比 in a morass 更形象，强调难以摆脱。
Connections
Collocations
- a morass of
- 一堆混乱的；……的泥潭
- The report was a morass of statistics and jargon.这份报告是统计数据和行话的大杂烩。
- bogged down in a morass
- 陷入……的泥潭
- The project became bogged down in a morass of paperwork.这个项目陷入了大量文书工作的泥潭。
- legal morass
- 法律困境
- The company found itself in a legal morass.这家公司发现自己陷入了法律困境。
- bureaucratic morass
- 官僚主义的泥潭
- Many small businesses are trapped in a bureaucratic morass.许多小企业陷入了官僚主义的泥潭。
- sink into a morass
- 陷入泥潭
- Without clear leadership, the negotiations sank into a morass of disputes.由于缺乏明确的领导，谈判陷入了纠纷的泥潭。
- moral morass
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 morass 拆成 mo + rass：mud(泥) 的首字母 + grass(草) 的尾音，泥草混杂的软地就是沼泽，陷进去难脱身。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal essays、news and political commentary、legal or administrative writing、geographical or literary descriptions morass 多用于正式书面语。引申义比喻复杂混乱、难以摆脱的局面（如法律或行政上的困境），在新闻报道、评论和正式文件中较常见；本义指沼泽湿地，多见于地理或文学描写。口语中很少使用，通常改用 swamp（本义）或 mess（引申义）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都以 /æs/ 结尾，与 morass 押韵。注意：morose /məˈroʊs/ 拼写相似但发音不同，并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.