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

verb | noun

nagnag1 /næg/ verb (nagged, nagging) [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYnag¹

Origin: 1800-1900 Probably from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

nag

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	nag
	he, she, it	nags
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	nagged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have nagged
	he, she, it	has nagged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had nagged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will nag
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have nagged

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

1to keep complaining to someone about his or her behavior or asking someone to do something, in a way that is very annoying: I hate to nag, but have you cleaned your room?nag (at) somebody about something Mom keeps nagging me about my homework.nag somebody to do something He was always nagging his son to get a job.2to make someone feel continuously worried or uncomfortable: Whelson has been nagged by injuries all season.nag at One problem continued to nag at me.

verb | noun

nagnag2 noun [countable] informal

ETYMOLOGYnag²

Origin: (1) 1800-1900 ➔ NAG¹ (2) 1400-1500 Origin unknown

1a person who nags continuously: I don’t want to be a nag, but have you finished yet?2a horse, especially one that is old or in bad condition