Bog



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.沼泽; v.使...陷入泥沼
• ［英］ n.沼泽 ( soft wet land) ; v.使...陷入泥沼 ( hinder or be hindered)
• ［例］ The tank got bogged down in the mud.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Scottish Gaelic & Irish bog- (as in bogluachair bulrushes), from bog marshy, literally, soft, from Middle Irish bocc; probably akin to Old English būgan to bend — more at bow
• Date: 14th century
• wet spongy ground; especially a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum)
• ? boggy adjective

II. verb (bogged; bogging)

• Date: 1599
• transitive verb
  • to cause to sink into or as if into a bog ; impede, mire — usually used with down
• intransitive verb
  • to become impeded or stuck — usually used with down

III. noun

• Etymology: short for boghouse, from British argot bog to defecate
• Date: circa 1789
• British lavatory 2

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