Word · Frequency #21422
boggier
泥泞的;湿软的
boggier is the comparative of boggy.
boggy
- 1.
Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
沼泽般的;潮湿泥泞,充满水和腐烂植物。
- 2.
(of soil) soft and watery
(土壤)松软且多水的
沼泽般的;潮湿泥泞,充满水和腐烂植物。;(土壤)松软且多水的;似沼泽的
In use
After the rain, the field was too boggy to walk across.
The hikers' boots sank into the boggy ground near the lake.
Farmers avoid driving heavy machinery on boggy soil in early spring.
the ground was boggy under foot
boggy + noun
boggy 常放在名词前,形容湿软、吸水后不好走的地面。
The boggy ground slowed our hike.
泥泞的地面减慢了我们的徒步速度。
be + boggy
作表语时描述某处当下的状态,主语通常是 ground、path、field 这类地点名词。
The field is still boggy after the storm.
暴风雨过后,这片田野仍然很泥泞。
become/get + boggy
Connections
Collocations
- boggy ground
- 湿软泥泞的地面
- The trail crossed boggy ground, so we had to walk carefully.小路穿过湿软泥泞的地面,我们必须小心行走。
- boggy terrain
- 沼泽地形;湿软地形
- Boggy terrain can make hiking slow and difficult.沼泽地形会使徒步变得缓慢而困难。
- boggy path
- 泥泞的小路
- After the rain, the boggy path was hard to follow.雨后,那条泥泞的小路很难辨认。
- boggy conditions
- 湿软泥泞的环境
- The rescue team worked in boggy conditions for hours.救援队在湿软泥泞的环境中工作了数小时。
- boggy field
- 湿软的田地
- Cows stood in the boggy field near the stream.牛群站在溪边那片湿软的田地里。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 bog(泥沼)+ gy:一脚踩进泥沼,脚下软湿下陷,就是 boggy“泥泞的,湿软的”。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:户外徒步与路况描述、地理或地貌描述 boggy 通常描述土地湿软、泥泞的状态,多用于户外活动(如徒步)或地理地貌的叙述中,属于中性词,正式或非正式场合都比较常见。
Grammar Note
多用于形容土壤或地面湿软。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 boggy 押韵:soggy、foggy、doggy、smoggy、cloggy、moggy,重音均在首音节,读音以 /ɡi/ 结尾。注意拼写相近但不押韵的词:bogey(/ˈbəʊɡi/,美式 /ˈboʊɡi/)和 buggy(/ˈbʌɡi/)。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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