| 释义 |
cloggy, a.|ˈklɒgɪ|
[f. clog n. and v. + -y1.]
1. Characterized by or of the nature of clogs, blocks, or clumps; knotty, lumpy.
1597Gerarde Herbal ccxxxviii. §6. 590 The roote is great, thicke, and tuberous, consisting of many cloggie parcels. 1869Daily News 7 Dec., The most vulgar and cloggy hind-quarters that the heart of breeder can conceive.
2. Apt to clog; sticky.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 827/2 In cloggie mires, and foule filthie waies. a1691Boyle Wks. I. 416 (R.) Some grosser and cloggy parts are retained. 1845Whitehall xvi. 110 The ale is very good and cloggy.
3. Loaded with or full of clogging matter.
1658Cokaine Trappolin Poems (1669) 472 Hair..Cloggy with sweat and blood. 1807–17Tannahill Coggie Poet. Wks. (1846) 141 It gars the wheels of life run light Though e'er sae doilt and cloggie. |
