marsh buggy
- noun
- /mɑrʃ ˈbʌɡi/
- US
:
vehículo anfibio
- The marsh buggy is perfect for exploring the wetland's muddy trails.
Examples
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I learn that two welders will each weld half a joint, and two helpers will clean it; then the marsh buggy, on command from the barge, will pull the pipe thirty feet.
Fiction book (1998) -
The marsh buggy then pulls the pipe thirty feet, where an X-ray checks the job.
Fiction book (1998) -
Out there, beside the canal, is a large marsh buggy, tied by cable to an eye on the end of the pipe, which is capped so the pipe is sealed and can float.
Fiction book (1998) -
We used the marsh buggy to navigate through the swampy terrain.
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During the field trip, the students rode in a marsh buggy across the marsh.
Synonyms
1
6.1
A machine like a car that can move on land and in water
1
8.1
A flat-bottomed vehicle that can move on land and in water
A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land
How Amphibious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently built from 'marsh' (wetland) + 'buggy' (a small/light vehicle), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer it denotes a vehicle for use in marshy ground. This compositional pattern (place + vehicle) is common and cross-linguistically predictable, making the meaning accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The compound noun marsh buggy comes from the clear picture of a small buggy made to cross a marsh: imagine a raised vehicle with very big wheels that can roll over wet, soft ground. So it means 'a vehicle for travel over wet, marshy areas'.