quob

发音

UK /kwɒb/
其它
US /kwɑb/

词形变化

quobs 复数 quobbed quobbing quobs 三单 quobs quobbing 现在分词 quobbed 过去式 quobbed 过去分词

别名

quab

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marshy spot; bog, quagmire; quicksand.

    方言
  2. 2.

    A heap or mess; a bad condition.

    方言
  3. 3.

    An unfirm layer of fat.

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  4. 4.

    A throb or palpitation.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To throb; to quiver.

    方言 不及物 罕用

词源

From Middle English quabbe, from Old English *cwabbe, from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā (“soggy ground”). Compare Middle Low German quobbe (“swampy ground”), Middle High German quabbe (“marshy ground, unstable moorland”), whence Modern German Quabbe (“large bulge”). For the verb, compare German Low German quabbeln, quobbeln (“to tremble, vibrate”), German quabbeln (“to move back and forth as a squishy mass, wobble, jiggle”).

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