单词 | embog |
释义 | embogv. transitive. To plunge into a bog; to hamper in a bog, literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 1602 C. Best in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 472 Imbogg'd he shall be, where nought he shall see But horror and feare. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 574/1 Hee was..constrained..to embogge himselfe in the Bankers and Vsurers bookes. 1752 Wesley in Wks. (1872) II. 256 Attempting to ride over the common..my mare was quickly imbogged. 1867 N. Brit. Daily Mail 30 Sept. The valley was so soft that the big guns would have become embogged. 1888 Daily Tel. 1 June 5/2 Embogued in a morass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1602 |
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