单词 | nuisance |
释义 | nuisance/ˈnjuːs(ə)ns /noun 1A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance: it’s a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house I hope you’re not going to make a nuisance of yourself...
Synonyms source of annoyance/irritation, annoyance, inconvenience, bore, bother, irritant, problem, difficulty, trouble, trial, burden; pest, plague, thorn in one's side/flesh informal pain, pain in the neck, pain in the backside, headache, hassle, bind, drag, aggravation, menace Scottish informal nyaff, skelf North American informal pain in the butt, nudnik, burr under/in someone's saddle Australian informal fair cow Australian/New Zealand informal nark British vulgar slang pain in the arse British informal, dated blister rare infliction 1.1 Law An act which is harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy. See also private nuisance, public nuisance.The courts tend to approach the question of the existence of a nuisance, whether public or private, as a question of fact....
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'injury, hurt'): from Old French, 'hurt', from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere 'to harm'.
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