bog

noun

/bɒɡ/

/bɑːɡ/

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[countable, uncountable] (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decayed (= destroyed by natural processes) plants沼澤（地區）
- Like oil, gas and coal fields, peat bogs act as vast carbon stores.像油田、氣田和煤田一樣，泥炭沼也是巨大的碳庫。
see also boggy
Extra Examples
- I found myself walking through a bog.我發現自己正走過一片沼澤。
- The more she struggled the deeper she sank into the bog.她越掙紮，在沼澤裏就陷得越深。
- There was an area of bog behind the house.房子後面有一片沼澤地。
- We collected several interesting specimens from the bog.我們從那個沼澤地采集了幾種有趣的標本。
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- vast
- stagnant
- peat
- …
verb + bog
- sink into
preposition
- in a/the bog
- through a/the bog
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[countable] (British English, slang) a toilet廁所；浴室
- Have you got any bog roll (= toilet paper)?你帶衛生紙了嗎？
- Sam was on the bog when I arrived.我到達時，薩姆正處於困境。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Irish or Scottish Gaelic bogach, from bog ‘soft’.

verb

/bɒɡ/

/bɑːɡ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bog	/bɒɡ/ /bɑːɡ/
he / she / it bogs	/bɒɡz/ /bɑːɡz/
past simple bogged	/bɒɡd/ /bɑːɡd/
past participle bogged	/bɒɡd/ /bɑːɡd/
-ing form bogging	/ˈbɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːɡɪŋ/