bog
noun/bɒɡ/
/bɑːɡ/
- [countable, uncountable] (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decayed (= destroyed by natural processes) plants
沼泽（地区） - Like oil, gas and coal fields, peat bogs act as vast carbon stores.
与石油、天然气和煤田一样，泥炭沼泽也是巨大的碳库。
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc2- I found myself walking through a bog.
我发现自己正走过一片沼泽。 - The more she struggled the deeper she sank into the bog.
她越挣扎，在沼泽里就陷得越深。 - There was an area of bog behind the house.
房子后面有一片沼泽地。 - We collected several interesting specimens from the bog.
我们从那个沼泽地采集了几种有趣的标本。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- vast
- stagnant
- peat
- …
- sink into
- in a/the bog
- through a/the bog
- Like oil, gas and coal fields, peat bogs act as vast carbon stores.
- [countable] (British English, slang) a toilet
厕所 - Have you got any bog roll (= toilet paper)?
你带卫生纸了吗？ - Sam was on the bog when I arrived.
我到达时萨姆正在沼泽里。
- Have you got any bog roll (= toilet paper)?
Word OriginMiddle English: from Irish or Scottish Gaelic bogach, from bog ‘soft’.