logged
logged — verb
1. the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'log' — used when you are ta
the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'log' — used when you are talking about a finished action of writing something in an official record, reaching a certain number of hours or distance, or cutting down trees.
The nurse logged every patient's temperature and blood pressure before the doctor arrived.
logged + direct object for recording
Takeshi has logged over two thousand hours as a volunteer paramedic since 2021.
have + logged + [time/distance] for reaching a milestone
All safety inspections were logged in the company's digital system after each shift.
The logging crew logged the old pine forest before the national park boundaries were expanded.
Paloma logged into the library portal and renewed three books due the next day.
文法句型
logged + [record / distance / time]
have + logged + [object]
be + logged + (in / into / on) [system]
用法筆記
When used in computer contexts, 'logged in' and 'logged on' are common for accessing systems; 'logged off' and 'logged out' are used for leaving them.
常見錯誤
logged — adjective
1. feeling heavy, slow, or lacking energy — as if your body is hard to move, often
feeling heavy, slow, or lacking energy — as if your body is hard to move, often after eating a large meal, being tired, or staying still for a long time.
After the three-hour exam, Caleb felt logged and could barely lift his pen.
feel + logged after prolonged effort
The warm afternoon sun made everyone in the office feel logged and sleepy.
Chidi moved with logged, heavy steps after carrying furniture up four flights of stairs.
Gita woke up feeling logged after eating a huge bowl of noodles before bed.
- sluggish
more common and general; 'sluggish' can describe both people and machines, while 'logged' is mostly about people
- lethargic
suggests a lack of energy from illness or lack of sleep rather than from physical effort or overeating
- heavy
broader meaning; 'heavy' can describe weight, emotion, or difficulty — 'logged' specifically describes bodily sluggishness
文法句型
[subject] + feel / be + logged
logged + [noun] (e.g., logged legs / logged feeling)
用法筆記
The subject is usually a person or animal. This sense is less common in modern speech than synonyms like 'sluggish', 'lethargic', or 'heavy'. It appears more often in literary or descriptive writing.
2. completely soaked with water, making something heavy, soft, or unusable — often
completely soaked with water, making something heavy, soft, or unusable — often describing ground, fabric, or land after heavy rain or flooding.
The logged fields stayed too wet for planting wheat until late April.
Defne's boots were completely logged after she walked across the flooded soccer field.
be + completely logged — intensifier collocation
Heavy rain left the camping tent logged and impossible to pack into its bag.
The basement carpet was logged with rainwater after the drainpipe burst overnight.
Farmers in the valley lost their crops when logged soil caused the roots to rot.
- waterlogged
far more common than 'logged' alone; use 'waterlogged' in everyday speech
- sodden
applies to fabric or material soaked through, not usually to land or fields
- saturated
more technical or scientific; can describe soil, air, or sponges
文法句型
[subject] + be + logged (with water)
logged + [noun] (e.g., logged fields / logged ground)
用法筆記
This sense is closely related to 'waterlogged', which is much more common in everyday English. 'Logged' alone usually appears in longer compounds like 'rain-logged' or 'water-logged', or in contexts where the type of liquid is clear from the situation.