queachyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈkwiːt͡ʃi/
• 韻: -iːtʃi

形容詞

queachy (comparative more queachy, superlative most queachy)

1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.

   the queachy fens

   • 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:

     queachy sands

2. (obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.

同意語

• (yielding or trembling under the feet): poachy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy