| 单词 | pesky |
| 释义 | pesky (once / 9285 pages) adj Anything pesky is annoying. Pesky things get on your nerves, like pesky mosquitoes that ruin an outdoor movie or pesky ants that march away with all of your picnic food. Pesky things are irritating, like small children who poke you on the leg for ten minutes while you try to discuss Nietzsche. A pesky fly dive-bombs by your head all afternoon. An itch you can't reach is pesky. The word pesky is an old word from New England, as in “like a pest,” but in a funny accent. Different people find different things pesky, but pesky things are never terrible, just very annoying. WORD FAMILYpesky: peskier, peskiest, peskily USAGE EXAMPLESIn summary: the manager did his job, but was let down by the pesky players. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Those pesky midges were back en masse to pester players during an Astros-Indians game in Cleveland. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Some of these posters want you to believe the Death Star is the worst thing ever; others claim those pesky Jedi are the real menace. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) adj causing irritation or annoyance a pesky mosquito Syn annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing disagreeable not to your liking |
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