单词 | bog |
释义 | bog bog1 —boggish, adj. /bog, bawg/, n. , v. , bogged, bogging. n. 1. wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. 2. an area or stretch of such ground. v.t. , v.i. 3. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We were bogged down by overwork. 4. bog in, Australian Slang. to eat heartily and ravenously. [1495-1505; < Ir or ScotGael bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach n. suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word] bog2 /bog, bawg/, n. Usually, bogs. Brit. Slang. a lavatory; bathroom. [1780-90; prob. shortening of bog-house; cf. bog to defecate, boggard (16th century) privy, of obscure orig.] |
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