英语词汇“annoy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINannoy

Origin:

1200-1300 Old French enuier, from Latin inodiare, from odium; ➔ ODIOUS

VERB TABLE

annoy

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	annoy
	he, she, it	annoys
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	annoyed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have annoyed
	he, she, it	has annoyed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had annoyed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will annoy
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have annoyed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am annoying
	he, she, it	is annoying
	you, we, they	are annoying
Past	I, he, she, it	was annoying
	you, we, they	were annoying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been annoying
	he, she, it	has been annoying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been annoying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be annoying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been annoying

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Are you doing that just to annoy me?
Brian talks to me like a child, which really annoys me.
I find it annoying when people eat smelly foods on public transport.
It annoys me that Kim never returns the books she borrows.
Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy me.
The neighbor's kid walks across our lawn just to annoy us.
The only reason she went out with Charles was to annoy her parents.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But even to be asked annoyed her.
Gina was annoyed by his jogging, though, that was one comfort.
His voice had a slight tremor, and that annoyed him, but they didn't seem to notice.
Quite enough to annoy anybody, Nicandra thought.

Longman Language Activatorto make someone angry► make somebody angry

also make somebody mad especially American · Sophie tried not to do anything that would make Henry angry. · It always makes me mad when people drive up behind me and start flashing their lights.

► annoy

to make someone fairly angry: · The only reason she went out with Charles was to annoy her parents.· Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy me.· Are you doing that just to annoy me?it annoys somebody that/when: · It annoys me that Kim never returns the books she borrows.I find it annoying when...: · I find it annoying when people eat smelly foods on public transport.

► irritate

to keep annoying someone: · That silly smile of hers always irritated me.· After a while, the loud ticking of the clock began to irritate me.· Jean Paul's attempts to apologize just irritated me even more.

► piss somebody off

also tick somebody off American informal an impolite expression meaning to annoy someone: · Shut up, Bernie, before you really start to piss me off.it pisses somebody off the way: · Doesn't it piss you off the way your husband sits in front of the TV every night while you cook dinner?

► infuriate

to make someone very angry especially by doing something that they cannot control or change: · Her racist attitudes infuriated her co-workers.· Kramer's stubborn refusal to answer any questions infuriated the officers.

► anger

formal to make someone angry: · The police department's handling of the affair has angered many in the community.· The decision to again allow logging in the area angered environmentalists.

► bug

informal if something bugs you, it annoys you because it is always there or is always happening, so that you cannot stop thinking about it or noticing it: · It really bugs me when I can't remember someone's name.· You know what bugs me? Getting a call from a telephone salesman right when I sit down to dinner.

► get on somebody's nerves

if someone or something gets on your nerves , they annoy you, especially by continually saying or doing something that you do not like: · The noise from the apartment upstairs was beginning to get on my nerves.· I hope Emma isn't going to be there - she really gets on my nerves.

► it makes me sick

spoken informal use this to say that something makes you very angry, especially an unfair situation: · It makes me sick, the way they treat old people here.

► be like a red rag to a bull

British /be like waving a red rag in front of a bull American if something is like a red rag to a bull , it will always make a particular person angry: · Whatever you do, don't mention his ex-wife. It's like a red rag to a bull.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an annoying/unpleasant/nasty habit

· He had the unpleasant habit of eating with his mouth open.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► most

· Mark Andrews, for instance, was asked what was Adrian Garvey's most annoying habit.· Probably most annoying was the opportunity grabbed by many celebrities to lash out at the tabloids and the paparazzi.· It is most annoying to have unintelligible chattering somewhere behind you whilst watching the fish or beating the eggs.· Most annoying about the book is the pacing.· Of all the Snow Freaks, it is the skiers who are the most annoying by far.· Until recently, I was convinced that the most annoying musical instrument on earth was the accordion.

► really

· I was really annoyed but she kept refusing.· But the kids were really annoyed with it.· For some reason this really annoyed her.· And what really annoyed me was that he never drank and certainly didn't go a bundle on gambling.· But the adverts that really annoy me are not so much the ones aimed at women but the ones aimed at men.

► so

· She'd split up with her boyfriend and he was so annoyed he sent a tape he'd made to the press.· I once worked at a partnership where management meetings were so annoying that the administrator had to bribe partners into attending.

► very

· Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed.· They never used any of their own culture, and I always found that very, very annoying.· Inspector was very annoyed if you didn't say that you were aware of it when he read things out.· He had been very annoyed at being left behind.· We are very annoyed about this because the matter was closed.· It can be very annoying when you are wanting to hurry, chasing the cattle up a hill or something.· But Ed was very annoyed when Martinez negotiated the Supersight deal for Harley.· I had a note from Malcolm Harris who was out front and was very annoyed about it.

VERB► become

· There is sometimes overlap, but never to an extent that it becomes annoying.· Then he became something closer to annoyed.· Once the pain persisted, it became annoying.· Scientology is a cereal-box religion, and reading Ron is an idle diversion that quickly becomes annoying.

► get

· Although it would be nice to see some one apart from Strach get annoyed on the pitch every now and then.· I keep thinking about this and get more and more annoyed.· That would get him annoyed and we d all end up fighting.· Their combined din, after a few hours, got to be annoying.· I shouted at Augie enough times to get him annoyed and angry too.· And believe me, after a while all those little bumps and hills get annoying.