| 释义 |
▪ I. bothering, vbl. n.|ˈbɒðərɪŋ|
[f. bother v.]
†a. (?) Palavering, ‘humbugging’. Obs. rare.
b. Giving or taking trouble, worrying, perplexing.
1803Bristed Pedest. Tour I. 76 The art and mystery of bothering, whose chief efficacy resides in a facility of talking an infinite deal of nothing with readiness and volubility. 1806W. Taylor Month. Mag. XXII. 536 It [ambiguity] is a learned word for what the English call bothering, which is derived from both. 1884E. Gurney in Mind Jan. 120 Any sort of argument or bothering.
▪ II. ˈbothering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Troubling, annoying, worrying.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 122 The bothering bustle of the wind. 1875M. Pattison Casaubon 103 Trifling talk, but very bothering. |