单词 | bog |
释义 | bog (bôg, bŏg) n. 1. a. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow. b. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog. 2. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. 3. Chiefly British Slang A restroom or toilet. v. bogged, bog·ging, bogs v.tr. 1. To cause to sink in a bog: The bus got bogged down in the muddy road. 2. To hinder or slow: The project got bogged down in haggling about procedures. v.intr. To be hindered and slowed. [Irish Gaelic bogach, from bog, soft; see bheug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] boggi·ness n. boggy adj. |
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