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bog
  • Conjugation : past  bogged ; ing  bogging
  • Derivatives : adj  boggy
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bog [bɔg]
  1. 1. noun [c] (marsh) 沼泽
  2. 2. vt. to get bogged down 被缠住

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bog [bɒg]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Slang] 厕所茅房
  2. 2. n.[c] 沼泽泥沼
    In later years when the bog is drained, the peat can be dug out and used as fuel.
    再过几年,当沼泽干涸之后泥煤可以出来用作燃料
  3. 3. vt. 使变慢,使困住
    The mud was bogging down the cars.
    汽车陷入泥沼
  4. 4. vi. 陷入困境停顿
    I have to help this joker whose car's bogged in the creek.
    不得不帮助这个笨蛋他的车在小溪熄火了。
    She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation.
    她在写论文的过程多次卡壳

Collins English-English Dictionary

bog [bɒg]
  1. 1. n wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat
  2. 2. n an area of such ground
  3. 3. n a place or thing that prevents or slows progress or improvement
  4. 4. n a slang word for lavatory
  5. 5. n [Austral] [Slang] the act or an instance of defecating
  6. 6. n See also bog down bog in bog off
  7. 7. n [Etymology] C13: from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog soft

Examples

bog spavin
湿性跗节内肿
The vote would bog down the house.
表决将使众议院陷入困境。
peat bog
a quaking bog
沼泽土
bog soil
停滞
stagnate; be at a standstill; bog down

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