Of sand, the ground, etc.: mobile, shifting, readily yielding to pressure. Chiefly in quicksand, n. Cf. quick clay n. at compounds 1b.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > quaking bog (4) quicka1300 Of sand, the ground, etc.: mobile, shifting, readily yielding to pressure. Chiefly in quicksand, n. Cf. quick clay n. at compounds 1b. quaggy1596 Of ground: that yields underfoot; full of quags; boggy; soft. Also of a stream: flowing through boggy soil. quagginga1627 = quaggy, adj. (in either sense). Now rare. quagmired1793 Consisting of or resembling a quagmire; sunk in a quagmire. Also figurative. |
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