英语词汇“marshy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Marshy things are squishy, wet, and soft, like a marsh or a bog. After three days of rain, your backyard just might be too marshy to set up the volleyball net.

Any area of ground that's waterlogged is marshy, like the marshy shore of a river or the low-lying marshy patch in the neighborhood dog park. Unless there's a drought, swamps and bogs and wetlands are always marshy, and water-loving plants grow happily in these areas. This adjective comes from marsh, which has a Germanic root, mari, that means "sea."

WORD FAMILY

marshy: marshier+/marsh: marshes, marshy

USAGE EXAMPLES

The storm roared ashore, overwhelmed the beaches, sluiced through cropland and ripped new docks from their marshy holdings.

Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016)

But it is comfortable, with picnic benches, fire pits, a few sandy tent sites, a new outhouse, and a marshy pond.

New York Times(Oct 31, 2016)

As the city’s industry grew, the marshy area around the island was filled in with waste to make the land available for development.

Washington Times(Oct 24, 2016)

adj (of soil) soft and watery

a marshy coastline

Syn

boggy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
wet

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

单词	marshy
释义	marshy (once / 2621 pages) adj Marshy things are squishy, wet, and soft, like a marsh or a bog. After three days of rain, your backyard just might be too marshy to set up the volleyball net. Any area of ground that's waterlogged is marshy, like the marshy shore of a river or the low-lying marshy patch in the neighborhood dog park. Unless there's a drought, swamps and bogs and wetlands are always marshy, and water-loving plants grow happily in these areas. This adjective comes from marsh, which has a Germanic root, mari, that means "sea." WORD FAMILY marshy: marshier+/marsh: marshes, marshy USAGE EXAMPLES The storm roared ashore, overwhelmed the beaches, sluiced through cropland and ripped new docks from their marshy holdings. Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016) But it is comfortable, with picnic benches, fire pits, a few sandy tent sites, a new outhouse, and a marshy pond. New York Times(Oct 31, 2016) As the city’s industry grew, the marshy area around the island was filled in with waste to make the land available for development. Washington Times(Oct 24, 2016) adj (of soil) soft and watery a marshy coastline Syn boggy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged wet covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
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