Definition of quag in English:

quag

noun kwaɡkwɒɡkwæɡ

archaic

A marshy or boggy place.
〈古〉沼泽（地），泥塘
Example sentencesExamples
- The only good thing about your garden becoming a quag is that the weeds pull up really easily.
- The quags are usually very quiet with only the odd walker or birder to be seen and seem far removed from the busy spots further along the coast at Cley and Salthouse.
- The entire region plunged into deep chaos and a nation was caught up in a deep quag, that it is still finding itself difficult to extricate from.
- Both tires have deep, conical lugs that grip like a colony of leeches but are spaced well-enough apart to shed even the most adhesive quag with ease.
Synonyms
swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand

Derivatives

quaggy

adjective ˈkwaɡiˈkwɒɡiˈkwæɡi

archaic

However, there is one interesting thing about wild, remote, quaggy old Isle of Lewis.
Example sentencesExamples
- We came at last to a bit of quaggy road, which one man, by making a dash as over thin ice, might possibly have got through; for six men and a stretcher this was impossible.
- The path itself, or rather the portion of more solid ground on which the travellers half walked, half waded, was rough, broken, and in many places quaggy and unsound.

Origin

Late 16th century: related to dialect quag 'shake, quiver'; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick).

Rhymes

bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag

Definition of quag in US English:

quag

nounkwæɡkwaɡ

archaic

A marshy or boggy place.
〈古〉沼泽（地），泥塘
Example sentencesExamples
- The only good thing about your garden becoming a quag is that the weeds pull up really easily.
- The entire region plunged into deep chaos and a nation was caught up in a deep quag, that it is still finding itself difficult to extricate from.
- The quags are usually very quiet with only the odd walker or birder to be seen and seem far removed from the busy spots further along the coast at Cley and Salthouse.
- Both tires have deep, conical lugs that grip like a colony of leeches but are spaced well-enough apart to shed even the most adhesive quag with ease.
Synonyms
swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand

Origin

Late 16th century: related to dialect quag ‘shake, quiver’; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick).

单词	quag
释义	Definition of quag in English: quag noun kwaɡkwɒɡkwæɡ archaic A marshy or boggy place. 〈古〉沼泽（地），泥塘 Example sentencesExamples The only good thing about your garden becoming a quag is that the weeds pull up really easily. The quags are usually very quiet with only the odd walker or birder to be seen and seem far removed from the busy spots further along the coast at Cley and Salthouse. The entire region plunged into deep chaos and a nation was caught up in a deep quag, that it is still finding itself difficult to extricate from. Both tires have deep, conical lugs that grip like a colony of leeches but are spaced well-enough apart to shed even the most adhesive quag with ease. Synonyms swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand Derivatives quaggy adjective ˈkwaɡiˈkwɒɡiˈkwæɡi archaic However, there is one interesting thing about wild, remote, quaggy old Isle of Lewis. Example sentencesExamples We came at last to a bit of quaggy road, which one man, by making a dash as over thin ice, might possibly have got through; for six men and a stretcher this was impossible. The path itself, or rather the portion of more solid ground on which the travellers half walked, half waded, was rough, broken, and in many places quaggy and unsound. Origin Late 16th century: related to dialect quag 'shake, quiver'; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick). Rhymes bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag Definition of quag in US English: quag nounkwæɡkwaɡ archaic A marshy or boggy place. 〈古〉沼泽（地），泥塘 Example sentencesExamples The only good thing about your garden becoming a quag is that the weeds pull up really easily. The entire region plunged into deep chaos and a nation was caught up in a deep quag, that it is still finding itself difficult to extricate from. The quags are usually very quiet with only the odd walker or birder to be seen and seem far removed from the busy spots further along the coast at Cley and Salthouse. Both tires have deep, conical lugs that grip like a colony of leeches but are spaced well-enough apart to shed even the most adhesive quag with ease. Synonyms swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand Origin Late 16th century: related to dialect quag ‘shake, quiver’; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick).
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