| 词汇 | bugbear |
| 释义 | bugbearWord family adjectivebuggedbuggynounbuggingbugbanebughousebugaboobugbearbug bug·bear /ˈbʌɡbeə $ -ber/ noun [countableC] WORRIEDsomething that makes people feel annoyed or worried 使人烦恼[担心]的东西 Paperwork is our worst bugbear. 文书工作是我们最头痛的事。 Examples from the Corpus bugbear• One of his main bugbears is the foreign ownership of technology.• This seems to be a major bugbear of some guns, making them harder work than applying the adhesive from a tube.• He also mentioned an old bugbear - he thought Vincent should dress better.• Nor was it his other bugbear, the wicked arms manufacturers.• Johnson held a not dissimilar reciprocal opinion, comparing Monboddo to another of his own bugbears, Rousseau.• Finally, we come to the bugbear of the 1980s - rubbish collection. (1500-1600) Probably from bug “evil spirit” ( → BUG1) + → BEAR21 |
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