English-Thai Dictionary

quagga

N สัตว์ คล้าย ม้าลาย ของ แอฟริกาใต้ ซึ่ง สูญพันธุ์ ไป แล้ว  sad-klai-ma-kong-af-fri-ka

 

quaggy

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น เลน ตม  ซึ่ง ไม่ แข็งแรง  ซึ่ง ไม่มั่นคง  sueng-pen-len-tom

 

quaggy

ADJ ที่ มี ลักษณะ นุ่ม  ti-me-lak-sa-na-num

 

quagmire

N พื้นที่ ซึ่ง เป็น เลน ตม  bog marsh puean-ti-sueng-pen-len-tom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAGGY

a.[supposed to be from the root of quake. ] Yielding to the feet or trembling under the foot, as soft wet earth.

 

QUAGMIRE

n.[that is, quake-mire.] Soft wet land, which has a surface firm enough to bear a person, but which shakes or yields under the feet.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUAG

QUAG Quag, n.

 

Defn: A quagmire. [R.] "Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells." Cowper.

 

QUAGGA

Quag "ga, n. Etym: [Hottentot. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A South African wild ass (Equus, or Hippotigris, quagga ). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.

 

QUAGGY

QUAGGY Quag "gy, a.Etym: [See Quag, Quagmire. ]

 

Defn: Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. "O'er the watery strath, or quaggy moss. " Collins.

 

QUAGMIRE

Quag "mire `, n. Etym: [Quake + mire. ]

 

Defn: Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access. " Palfrey.

 

Syn. -- Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quag

quag |kwag kwæɡ | ▶noun archaic a marshy or boggy place. DERIVATIVES quag gy adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: related to dialect quag ‘shake, quiver ’; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick ).

 

quagga

quag ga |ˈkwagə ˈkwæɡə | ▶noun an extinct South African zebra that had a yellowish-brown coat with darker stripes, exterminated in 1883. [Equus quagga, family Equidae; recent studies have shown that it was probably a variety of the common zebra. ] ORIGIN Afrikaans, probably from Khoikhoi, imitative of its braying.

 

quagmire

quag mire |ˈkwagˌmīr ˈkwæɡmaɪər | ▶noun a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot: torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire. • an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation: a legal quagmire. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from quag + mire .

 

Oxford Dictionary

quag

quag |kwag, kwɒg | ▶noun archaic a marshy or boggy place. DERIVATIVES quaggy adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: related to dialect quag ‘shake, quiver ’; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick ).

 

quagga

quagga |ˈkwagə | ▶noun a South African zebra, extinct since 1883, that had a yellowish-brown coat with darker stripes. ●Equus quagga, family Equidae; recent studies have shown that it was probably a variety of the common zebra. ORIGIN South African Dutch, probably from Khoikhoi, imitative of its braying.

 

quagmire

quagmire |ˈkwagmʌɪə, ˈkwɒg -| ▶noun a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot: torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire. • an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation: a legal quagmire. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from quag + mire .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quagmire

quagmire noun 1 the field became a quagmire: swamp, morass, bog, marsh, muskeg, mire, slough; archaic quag. 2 a judicial quagmire: muddle, mix-up, mess, predicament, mare's nest, can of worms, quandary, tangle, imbroglio; trouble, confusion, difficulty; informal sticky situation, pickle, stew, dilemma, fix, bind.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quagmire

quagmire noun 1 the rains arrived and the area was transformed into a red quagmire: swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, quag, marshland, fen, slough, quicksand; Scottish & N. English moss; Irish corcass; N. Amer. bayou, pocosin, moor; archaic marish, carr. 2 the case has become a judicial quagmire: muddle, mix-up, mess, predicament, unfortunate /difficult /awkward situation, mare's nest, quandary, entanglement, tangle, jumble, imbroglio; trouble, confusion, difficulty; corner, tight corner /spot; informal sticky situation, pickle, hole, stew, dilemma, fix, bind, jam, scrape, kettle of fish, how-do-you-do, hot /deep water; W. Indian comess.

 

Duden Dictionary

Quagga

Quag ga Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Qu a gga |afrikanisch Wort (heute ausgerottetes ) südafrikanisches Zebra mit rötlich braunem Rumpf, weißem Schwanz und weißen Beinen

 

Spanish Dictionary

quagga

quagga nombre masculino Mamífero actualmente extinguido que era de la familia de la cebra, de color pardo oscuro con listas transversales en cabeza y cuello; vivió en el sur de África :los bóers cazaron la cuaga hasta extinguirla .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quagmire

quag mire /kwǽɡmàɪə r |kwɔ́ɡmà (ɪ )ə /名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 ｟比喩的に ｠泥沼, 窮地, 苦境 .2 沼地, 湿地 .