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单词 boggy
释义

boggy

adjective

bog·​gy ˈbä-gē How to pronounce boggy (audio)
ˈbȯ-
boggier; boggiest
: consisting of, containing, resembling, or being a bog : swampy, marshy
boggy land
Beyond the neighborhood lies a boggy expanse of cordgrass … Sarah Schweitzer
… there was no trail, and it was boggy underfoot, which made walking difficult. E. B. White

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Up until the 1700s, Waikiki was just a boggy area of land, where people lived, worked, and buried their families. Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019 Buildings were constructed over the river itself, combined with raising the boggy land of the flood plain with ashes and other wastes. David N Lerner, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2019 Up until the 1700s, Waikiki was just a boggy area of land, where people lived, worked, and buried their families. Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019 In the wild, boggy lands of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, a tundra blanket naturally insulates ice-rich permafrost. Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2017 Up until the 1700s, Waikiki was just a boggy area of land, where people lived, worked, and buried their families. Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019 Up until the 1700s, Waikiki was just a boggy area of land, where people lived, worked, and buried their families. Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019 With climate change and sea levels rising globally, Venice, originally founded on soft, boggy ground, finds itself in increasingly more trouble each year. National Geographic, 13 Nov. 2019 Up until the 1700s, Waikiki was just a boggy area of land, where people lived, worked, and buried their families. Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

boggy

adjective

as in moist

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • moist
  • miry
  • humid
  • damp
  • clammy
  • seepy
  • dank
  • dampish
  • irrigated
  • squashy
  • wettish
  • aqueous
  • rinsed
  • steeped
  • flushed
  • sloppy
  • sluiced
  • submerged
  • laved
  • flooded
  • dipped
  • splashed
  • semimoist
  • hydrated
  • drowned
  • inundated
  • overflowed
  • dunked
  • swamped
  • deluged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dry
  • arid
  • unwatered
  • waterless
  • hyperarid
  • droughty
  • dehydrated
  • waterproof
  • watertight
  • parched
  • sunbaked
  • sere
  • baked
  • bone-dry
  • thirsty
  • ultradry
  • sear
  • water-repellent
  • wrung
  • water-resistant
  • freeze-dried
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