esp. in passive. To become stuck (in mud, mire, a snowdrift, etc.). Now only U.S. or dialect. Also figurative (chiefly U.S.), of an assembly, plan…
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| 释义 | the world > movement > absence of movement > be rendered immobile [verb (passive)] > be stuck in mud, bog, or sand (7) stalla1500 esp. in passive. To become stuck (in mud, mire, a snowdrift, etc.). Now only U.S. or dialect. Also figurative (chiefly U.S.), of an assembly, plan… gravel1582 To run (a ship) aground on the gravel or beach, mud, etc. Also, in passive, of a person: To be set fast in sand or mud. Obsolete. swamp1790 Originally passive. To be submerged or inundated with water (or other liquid), as a boat, a piece of ground; hence actively, to submerge… mud1854 transitive (in passive). To become stuck in mud. Obsolete. stog1855 passive. To be stuck in mud, mire, bog or the like; to be bogged. Also figurative. stodge1873 passive. To be stuck in the mud, to be bogged. (Cf. stog, v.2) quicksand1875 transitive (chiefly in passive). To be stuck in quicksand. Also figurative. |
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