| 单词 | bugaboo |
| 释义 | bug·a·boo /ˈbʌɡəbuː/ noun [countable] American English FRIGHTENEDsomething that makes people anxious or afraid 吓人的东西；妖怪Examples from the Corpusbugaboo• 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 languagebug·a·boo nounChineseSyllable that something makes people afraid or Corpus anxious |
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