单词 | quagmire-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈquagmire-like ˈquagmire-like adj. of the nature of a quagmire; boggy. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mollasse,..quagmire-like. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 230 The wayes are so quagmire-like, that for ordinary Travellers they are scarcely passable. 1873 J. E. Garretson Thinkers & Thinking 155 Every ground upon which,..he had placed the foundation of his hopes and of his faith, had in time, quagmire-like, sunk under him. 1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Apr. d3 He was playing with other youngsters when he became stuck in the quagmire-like pond. < as lemmas |
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