单词 | bugaboo |
释义 | bug·a·boo ![]() n. pl. bug·a·boos 1. An object of often obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation: raising the bugaboo of socialism to derail a plan for national health insurance. 2. A difficult or persistent problem: "At the bottom of all these deficiencies of planning and execution ... lay that old bugaboo, lack of unity of command" (Philip B. Davidson). [Perhaps of Celtic origin and akin to Welsh bwg, ghost.] |
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