| [/bɔg; bɑɡ/] n 用法:
1 [C, U] (area of) wet spongy ground formed of decaying vegetation （地面为腐朽植物的）沼泽（地区）:
a peat bog 泥炭沼 *
Keep to the path parts of the moor are bog. 沿著这条小路走--荒野上多处是沼泽地. 用法:
2 [C] (Brit sl 俚) lavatory 厕所. bog 2
v (-gg-) (phr v) bog (sth) down (usu passive 通常用於被动语态) (a) (cause sth to) sink into mud or wet ground （使某物）陷入泥沼:
The tank (got) bogged down in the mud. 坦克陷入泥沼之中.
(b) (fig 比喻) (cause sth to) become stuck and unable to make progress （使某物）陷入困境不能前进:
Our discussions got bogged down in irrelevant detail. 我们的讨论纠缠在无关紧要的细节上. |