bugaboo 词态变化
复数: bugaboos;
bugaboo 中文词源
bugaboo 恐怖的东西来自bugbear 变体。
bugaboo 英文词源
- bugaboo (n.)
- 1843, earlier buggybow (1740), probably an alteration of bugbear (also see bug (n.)), but connected by Chapman ["Dictionary of American Slang"] with Bugibu, demon in the Old French poem "Aliscans" from 1141, which is perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Cornish bucca-boo, from bucca "bogle, goblin").
bugaboo 英文释义
- 1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- 2. a source of concern;
- "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them"
bugaboo 双语例句
- 1. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the bugaboo from the home.
- 在古代，人们制造噪声以便把鬼怪驱逐出家门。
来自辞典例句
- 2. The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them.
- 通货膨胀的老大难问题仍然困扰着他们.
来自互联网
- 3. For a decade or so Japan's lost decade has been the great bugaboo of modern macroeconomics.
- 日本在这大概十年间的失败已经成为当今宏观经济学家吓人用的鬼怪.
来自互联网
- 4. When it came to a perennial Clinton bugaboo - personnel - things began on a promising note.
- 克林顿刚刚看到即将摆脱困扰他多时的私人琐事的希望.
来自互联网
bugaboo 实用场景例句
- For a decade or so Japan's lost decade has been the great bugaboo of modern macroeconomics.
- 日本在这大概十年间的失败已经成为当今宏观经济学家吓人用的鬼怪.
期刊摘选
- The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them.
- 通货膨胀的老大难问题仍然困扰着他们.
期刊摘选
- People made noise in ancient times to drive away the bugaboo from the home.
- 在古代，人们制造噪声以便把鬼怪驱逐出家门。
辞典例句
