中英互译
quag
英 /kwæɡ/美 /kwæɡ/
基本释义
- n.沼地;湿地
双语例句
- And fouled my feet in quag-water;在泥泞的水中弄脏我的脚。
网络短语
- Quag Sickness沼地病症
- Quag of capital资本危机
词语扩展
英英释义
- n.a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
词源
- quag变体自中世纪英语quabbe("a marsh, bog"), 来自古英语cwabba("shake, tremble like something soft and flabby"). 同源于荷兰语kwab.
- quag沼地,泥沼来自中古英语quabbe,可能来自qu-所表示的拟声词,模仿松软,颤动或颤抖的声音,词源同quaver,quiver.
- quagVariant of Middle English quabbe (“a marsh, bog”), from Old English cwabba (“shake, tremble like something soft and flabby”). Cognate with Dutch kwab.