bugaboo

Word family adjectivebuggedbuggynounbuggingbugbanebughousebugaboobugbearbug

bug·a·boo /ˈbʌɡəbuː/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE

FRIGHTENEDsomething that makes people anxious or afraid 吓人的东西；妖怪

Examples from the Corpus

bugaboo• One of the Unnamed Martyrs hurries home while, out of sight, three club-clutching bugaboos lie doggo.• Without the Communist bugaboo, Dornan was exposed as the crackpot that he is.• Sounds like dangling that ole lawsuit bugaboo.• Termite damage is one of the many bugaboos of owning a house.• The second hazard is that old bugaboo, moisture, encouraging mildew growth and eventual decay.• Meanwhile, Theodore Roosevelt, the bugaboo of monopolists, had just been elected to a second term.

Origin bugaboo

(1700-1800) Probably from a Celtic language

词汇	bugaboo
释义	bugaboo Word family adjectivebuggedbuggynounbuggingbugbanebughousebugaboobugbearbug bug·a·boo /ˈbʌɡəbuː/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE FRIGHTENEDsomething that makes people anxious or afraid 吓人的东西；妖怪 Examples from the Corpus bugaboo• One of the Unnamed Martyrs hurries home while, out of sight, three club-clutching bugaboos lie doggo.• Without the Communist bugaboo, Dornan was exposed as the crackpot that he is.• Sounds like dangling that ole lawsuit bugaboo.• Termite damage is one of the many bugaboos of owning a house.• The second hazard is that old bugaboo, moisture, encouraging mildew growth and eventual decay.• Meanwhile, Theodore Roosevelt, the bugaboo of monopolists, had just been elected to a second term. Origin bugaboo (1700-1800) Probably from a Celtic language
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