morass
/məˈræs/noun
1- an area of muddy or boggy ground沼泽。
1.1
- figurative a complicated or confused situation〈喻〉复杂混乱的局面, 困境：
she would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations.
她会迷失在乱糟糟的谎言和解释中。
词源
late 15th cent.: from Dutch moeras, alteration （by assimilation to moer 'moor'） of Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French marais 'marsh'， from medieval Latin mariscus.