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单词 boggy
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Definition of boggy in English:

boggy

adjectiveboggiest, boggier ˈbɒɡiˈbɑɡi
  • Too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy.

    the shrub grows naturally in boggy ground
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are actually being used in this country to reclaim swampy, boggy land.
    • One hole ran along the boggy sides of Brown's Creek.
    • Times were slow due to very muddy, boggy, wet conditions.
    • The path is flat but below the spring line, so there are boggy bits for muddy boots, wet zone rushes and grasses and little ponds.
    • The sections where muddy trails would have cut through boggy ground are now protected by wooden walkways.
    Synonyms
    marshy, swampy, miry, fenny, mucky, muddy, waterlogged, wet, soggy, sodden, squelchy, oozy, slimy
    clogged, spongy, heavy, sloughy, soft, yielding
    Scottish &amp Northern English mossy, clarty
    technical paludal, uliginose
    archaic quaggy

Derivatives

  • bogginess

  • noun ˈbɒɡɪnəsˈbɑɡinəs
    • Along with bogginess of the iris, there is an apparent loss of iris color and normal architecture.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bogginess extended from the knee to 10 cm above the ankle, yet the skin surface appeared normal.
      • We recognize dampness as water retention, bloating and a sense of bogginess in the body.
      • Anyway the bogginess of the field had been remarked on before and I wasn't going over the wire to investigate further as it had been raining hard.
      • This is set in the fens near Ely; the location is important because only there would the bogginess of the land mimic the bogginess of people's interior lives.

Rhymes

cloggy, doggy, foggy, froggy, groggy, moggie, smoggy, soggy

Definition of boggy in US English:

boggy

adjectiveˈbäɡēˈbɑɡi
  • Too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy.

    the shrub grows naturally in boggy ground
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sections where muddy trails would have cut through boggy ground are now protected by wooden walkways.
    • One hole ran along the boggy sides of Brown's Creek.
    • They are actually being used in this country to reclaim swampy, boggy land.
    • The path is flat but below the spring line, so there are boggy bits for muddy boots, wet zone rushes and grasses and little ponds.
    • Times were slow due to very muddy, boggy, wet conditions.
    Synonyms
    marshy, swampy, miry, fenny, mucky, muddy, waterlogged, wet, soggy, sodden, squelchy, oozy, slimy
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