英:[ˈbʌgbeə(r)]
美:[ˈbʌgber]
英:[ˈbʌgbeə(r)]
美:[ˈbʌgber]
bug·bear
buhg beIr
复数:bugbears
Noun
1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
2. an object of dread or apprehension;
"Germany was always a bugbear for France"
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson
“something that causes terror,” 特别是无端恐惧,来自1580年代的一种以熊的形象吃小孩的恶魔,也指“可怕的对象”(无论真实与否),源自废弃的 bug “小妖精,稻草人”(参见 bug(n.))和 bear(n.)。
The first known use of bugbear was in 1552
buildingnoun
a permanent structure built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity or for storage
an office building
the art, work, or business of assembling materials into a structure
buildernoun
one that buildsespecially: a person whose business is the construction of buildings
buildernoun
one that buildsespecially: a person whose business is the construction of buildings
bug1 of 2noun
an insect (as a beetle) or other creeping or crawling invertebrate animal (as a centipede)
any of an order of insects (as bedbugs and stinkbugs) that have sucking mouthparts and the forewings part leathery and part membranous and that undergo incomplete metamorphosis called alsotrue bug
an unexpected mistake or imperfection
a bug in a computer program
a disease-producing germalso: a disease caused by it
fan entry 3, enthusiast
a camera bug
a concealed listening device
bug2 of 2verb
to place a concealed microphone in
bother entry 1 sense 1, annoy
freak entry 3—usually used with out
buglenoun
a brass musical instrument like the trumpet but without valves
buggy1 of 2adjective
full of bugs a buggy computer program
it's too buggy outside
buggy2 of 2noun
a light carriage having a single seat and drawn by one horse
a hand-pushed carriage for a baby
bug1 of 2noun
an insect (as a beetle) or other creeping or crawling invertebrate animal (as a centipede)
any of an order of insects (as bedbugs and stinkbugs) that have sucking mouthparts and the forewings part leathery and part membranous and that undergo incomplete metamorphosis called alsotrue bug
an unexpected mistake or imperfection
a bug in a computer program
a disease-producing germalso: a disease caused by it
fan entry 3, enthusiast
a camera bug
a concealed listening device
bug2 of 2verb
to place a concealed microphone in
bother entry 1 sense 1, annoy
freak entry 3—usually used with out
buggy1 of 2adjective
full of bugs a buggy computer program
it's too buggy outside
buggy2 of 2noun
a light carriage having a single seat and drawn by one horse
a hand-pushed carriage for a baby
bug1 of 2noun
an insect (as a beetle) or other creeping or crawling invertebrate animal (as a centipede)
any of an order of insects (as bedbugs and stinkbugs) that have sucking mouthparts and the forewings part leathery and part membranous and that undergo incomplete metamorphosis called alsotrue bug
an unexpected mistake or imperfection
a bug in a computer program
a disease-producing germalso: a disease caused by it
fan entry 3, enthusiast
a camera bug
a concealed listening device
bug2 of 2verb
to place a concealed microphone in
bother entry 1 sense 1, annoy
freak entry 3—usually used with out
bugbearnoun
an imaginary creature used to frighten children
something one is afraid of
a continuing source of annoyance
1 His apparent lack of passion on the touchline has been a bugbear.
2 Jennifer Garner, who’s starting to flex her political muscles a bit more in her work with Save the Children, is also speaking out about that old bugbear, sexism in Hollywood.
3 A related beast of superstition is the bugbear.
和迷信相关的野兽是bugbear(妖怪或熊地精)。
4 I got homesick, which has been a bugbear suspending in my heart.
我患了思乡病,我一直牵挂着我的家乡。
5 Vargas Llosa's novel about Paul Gauguin, The Way to Paradise, also suggests his ability as a fiction writer to return to an old bugbear – in this case destructive utopias – with deeper understanding.
6 And this gets at one of my bugbears, which, for better or worse, is economic growth.
7 The standard Total War bugbear has also been addressed, with the AI hugely improved on both battlefield and strategic levels.
标准的全战错误已经被修正, 大量AI改进表现在战场和策略等级中。
8 One of Hyde’s bugbears in films is the female character having a dramatic wake-up call.
9 Palmer's had a "desire to kill strangers" and "dog walkers seemed to be a particular bugbear of his".
10 This isn't a long book, and his brisk treatment of tabloid bugbears such as pro-anorexia websites or sexting can feel sketchy.
11 Beck also gets bogged down by his characters' frequent soliloquies, in which they inveigh against bank bailouts, big government and liberal bugbears like Saul Alinsky.
12 This didn’t matter too much if you were using the telescope to identify a ship at sea, but it was a major bugbear for the accurate work required in astronomy.
13 The complaints listed by the dealerships show familiar EV bugbears—poor charging infrastructure, the fact that batteries take longer to recharge than a gas tank takes to refill, and a loss of towing range.
14 Top of Franco's bugbears was a sequence in which he was asked to dress in drag as Marilyn Monroe.
15 He said another bugbear was people leaving donations outside shops when the shop was closed, something he said had worsened since many recycling centres had become appointment only.
16 The biggest bugbear of the skiing business is a winter with no snow.
17 Photograph: Universal/Everett/Rex Features Among the various indignities of getting older, I have found I can now at least keep my bugbears under control.
18 Every critic has a bugbear, and whenever you see the word “nice” in one of Hamrah’s reviews, you know he believes that something has gone awry — or maybe not awry enough.
19 It turns out that "access to good content" is his biggest bugbear.
20 The government has also considerably eased up the bureaucracy, which has been a major bugbear of India's economy for decades.
1 恐怖的事物
2 牵挂
3 怪物
chimeric terat- presence monster creature freak prodigy bogey Juggernaut monstrosity booger bogeyman boogeyman orc
4 令人讨厌的事