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单词 bugaboo
释义
bugaboobug‧a‧boo /ˈbʌɡəbuː/ noun [countable] American English Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbugaboo
Origin:
1700-1800 Probably from a Celtic language
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Termite damage is one of the many bugaboos of owning a house.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Meanwhile, Theodore Roosevelt, the bugaboo of monopolists, had just been elected to a second term.
  • One of the Unnamed Martyrs hurries home while, out of sight, three club-clutching bugaboos lie doggo.
  • Sounds like dangling that ole lawsuit bugaboo.
  • The second hazard is that old bugaboo, moisture, encouraging mildew growth and eventual decay.
  • Without the Communist bugaboo, Dornan was exposed as the crackpot that he is.
something that makes people anxious or afraid
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