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单词 gadfly
释义 gadfly
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: gad (I) + fly
1. : any of various flies (as a tabanid, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
2. : a usually purposely annoying or provoking person; especially : one that stimulates or provokes to activity and especially to the analysis and defense of ideas by persistent criticism especially of an irritating pointed kind
 < an immensely busy writer on various subjects, a gadfly to the respectable — Carl Van Doren >
 < a gadfly, buzzing with ideas both for political strategy and the improvement of things in Oregon — U.S. News & World Report >
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