swampy

swamp

S0931600 (swŏmp, swômp)n.1. a. An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants.b. A lowland region saturated with water.2. A situation or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables: a financial swamp.v. swamped, swamp·ing, swamps v.tr.1. To drench in or cover with or as if with water.2. To inundate or burden; overwhelm: She was swamped with work.3. Nautical To fill (a ship or boat) with water to the point of sinking it.v.intr. To become full of water or sink.

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[Perhaps of Low German origin .]

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swamp′i·ness n.swamp′y adj.

swamp•y

(ˈswɒm pi)

adj. swamp•i•er, swamp•i•est. of the nature of or abounding in swamps. [1640–50] swamp′i•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

swampy - (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, waterlogged, squashy, sloppywet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

swampy

adjective boggy, waterlogged, marshy, wet, fenny, miry, quaggy, marish (obsolete) the swampy lowlands of southern Tuscany

Translations

沼泽的

swamp

(swomp) noun (an area of) wet, marshy ground. These trees grow best in swamp(s). 沼澤(地) 沼泽（地） verb to cover or fill with water. A great wave swamped the deck. 淹沒 淹没ˈswampy adjective (of land) covered with swamp; marshy. 沼澤的 沼泽的ˈswampiness noun 沼澤 沼泽