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单词
bugbear
释义
bugbear
bug‧bear
/
ˈbʌɡbeə
$
-ber
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
bugbear
Origin:
1500-1600
Probably from
bug
‘evil spirit’
(
➔
BUG
1
) +
➔
BEAR
2
(
1
)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Finally, we come to the
bugbear
of the 1980s - rubbish collection.
He also mentioned an old
bugbear
- he thought Vincent should dress better.
Johnson held a not dissimilar reciprocal opinion, comparing Monboddo to another of his own
bugbears
, Rousseau.
Nor was it his other
bugbear
, the wicked arms manufacturers.
One of his main
bugbears
is the foreign ownership of technology.
This seems to be a major
bugbear
of some guns, making them harder work than applying the adhesive from a tube.
something that makes people feel annoyed or worried
:
Paperwork is our worst bugbear.
随便看
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Attila
attire
attired
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Attlee, Clement
attn.
attorney
attorney general
attosecond
attract
attraction
attractive
attractively
attractiveness
attributable
attribute
attribution
attributive
attributively
attrition
attuned
atty.
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