swamp
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
Some small Marshes and Swamps there are, but more profitable than hurtfull.
- 2.
(figuratively)(figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
- 3.
(US)(US, politics) The alleged corruption, cronyism, inefficiency, and entrenched interests in the federal government, especially in Washington, DC.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To drench or fill with water.
The boat was swamped in the storm.
- 2.
(figuratively)(figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.
- 3.
(figuratively)(figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
- 4.
(Appalachia)To clear (a road or an area) of brush, particularly so as to create a path for loggers to be able to access trees.
I guess I've done it all. Drove teams, drove grabs (device used to fasten a trail of logs together), swamped (cleared the ground of underbrush and fallen trees for road construction).
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Early attestations (starting in 1624) are from North America, but the term was probably in local use in Britain earlier. The etymology is not entirely certain; it is probably a fusion of Middle English swam (swamp, muddy pool, bog, marsh”, also “fungus, mushroom) — from Old English swamm (mushroom, fungus, sponge), from *swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swambaz, *swammaz — and Middle English sompe (mar…