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单词 waterlog
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waterlogv.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəlɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌlɔɡ/, /ˈwɑdərˌlɑɡ/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., log v.1
Etymology: Probably < water n. + log v.1 (see note).Compare log v.1 3a, and also uses such as the following, in which log apparently has the sense ‘to welter, wallow, owing to having taken in water’:1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist iii. xi. 148 He will haue Missa sicca, without consecration when he is on the sea, be cause of the logging of the shippe.1625 J. Stradling Divine Poemes iv. 148 As they are sinking, sooner may we rise, Like Buckets in a Well: one goes downe emptie, Whilst it lowe logging in the water lies, It helps the other to come vp with plenty.
1. transitive. Of a wave, conditions at sea, etc.: to render (a vessel) unmanageable by flooding it with water. Also intransitive: to become flooded with water and so unmanageable. See waterlogged adj. 1.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] > by flooding, so as to render unmanageable
waterlog1759
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > be or become very wet [verb (intransitive)] > become very wet > by flooding, so as to become unmanageable
waterlog1759
1759 [implied in: Universal Mag. Sept. 163/2 Cut away our fore-mast, the ship being quite water logged, and the sea making a free passage over us. (at waterlogged adj. 1a)].
1768 Universal Mag. Feb. 105/2 She had lost all her masts, and was water-logged.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 101 The Borneo carried too much sail, just before she foundered; and took in a sea forward, which water-logged her.
1780 E. Packenham Jrnl. 12 Oct. in W. Reid Law of Storms (1838) viii. 335 The ship began to water-log.
1809 Naval Chron. 22 57 A sudden leak..water-logged her.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 17 The fearful wave had waterlogged the Friendship from bow to stern.
1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 345/1 A tremendous sea broke on board,..opened her hatches, and waterlogged her.
1920 Motor Boat (N.Y.) 10 June 84 (advt.) The steel puncture-proof hull can't waterlog—the boat is always buoyant.
2007 W. Butcher tr. J. Verne Lighthouse at End of World xii. 118 The Carcante was rolling with the swell, and the drifting might have carried her as far as Several Point or waterlogged her.
2. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To fill to excess; to inundate, overwhelm; (also) to impede the progress of something.Originally with allusion to sense 1; in later use sometimes with primary reference to sense 3.
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1853 W. Wickenden Reginald xxxvi. 289 ‘I'm blowed,’ said Ben, ‘if I be'nt a very happy ship; no wife, chick, or child to water-log me.’
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation ii. 29 This alteration added to the assembly about 100 members—and waterlogged Congregation at one stroke.
1904 Daily Chron. 24 Mar. 4/5 No scheme of purchase..can do otherwise than waterlog the State telephone department with a large amount of unproductive capital.
1972 Screen 12 165 The problem is that ideologies of art are for ever swamping and waterlogging the distinct practice of art itself.
2014 N. Loss S.P.A.R.K.L.E. 67 I eagerly took this book home and began to leaf through the pages, in search of my latest spiritual wisdom regarding what was waterlogging my life.
3.
a. intransitive. To become saturated with water.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > be or become very wet [verb (intransitive)] > become very wet > so as to render inert
waterlog1858
1858 New Eng. Farmer Mar. 135/1 In her heavy soils, manures may waterlog and sink beyond the reach of plants.
1864 J. H. Dahlgren in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies in War of Rebellion (1902) 1st Ser. XV. 628 If liable to waterlog and sink, [logs] can be suffered to dry for a while on the beach.
1910 A. Howard 2nd Rep. Fruit Exper. at Pūsa (Agric. Research Inst., Pūsa) 21 In heavy loams, which are liable to waterlog in the monsoon, or in situations where the soil is subject to flooding, this tree does not grow well.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Mar. 224/1 Heavy soils which waterlog in wet spells should be avoided, as the plants will not tolerate ‘wet feet’ for long.
1998 Your Garden Oct. 38/3 Unless you drill holes in the base, plants will waterlog and die.
2014 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 23 Jan. 76 The pitch was starting to waterlog fast.
b. transitive. To saturate with water. Cf. waterlogged adj. 4a.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] > with water
bedowse1576
waterlog1866
1866 Farmer's Mag. June 448/1 Some of the weirs retain a head of water so as to prevent land-drainage, and permanently to water-log large areas of agricultural land on both margins of the river.
1870 R. W. P. Birch Disposal Town Sewage 6 This last-mentioned method of applying sewage to land..waterlogs the earth.
1931 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 120/3 Steam and pressure together waterlog the cork particles of bark.
1991 Atlantic Oct. 124/2 Boiling..seems to weaken the flavor and waterlog the squash.
2008 M. Mignola Hellboy: All-seeing Eye ii. 51 Muddy water instantly oozed over his feet and ankles, waterlogging his shoes.
c. transitive. To cause to become lodged in a place, as a result of saturation. Cf. waterlogged adj. 3. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] > with water > so as to render inert
float1729
waterlog1878
1878 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (ed. 5) ix. 137 Beds of coal are not the result of woody matter drifted into, and waterlogged in, lake hollows, by rivers.

Derivatives

ˈwater-logger n. rare a person who makes or sells butter containing an excess of water; cf. waterlogged adj. 4c.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > butter-maker > who dilutes butter with water
water-logger1905
1905 Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 2/3 It was his business to cater for the honest trading classes and not for fraudulent water-loggers [in butter-making].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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