| 单词 | pester |
| 释义 | pester[ pes-ter ] / ˈpɛs tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pester ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object)to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems. Obsolete. to overcrowd. Origin of pester1530–40; perhaps aphetic variant of empester,impester to tangle, encumber (though pester is found earlier than these 2 words) <Middle French empestrer to hobble, entangle <Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre to hobble, equivalent to im-im-1 + pāstōri(a) a hobble, noun use of Latin pāstōrius of a herdsman or shepherd + -āre infinitive suffix (see pastor); aphetic form apparently reinforced by pest (cf. -er6) SYNONYMS FOR pester1 annoy, vex, tease, disturb; irritate, provoke, plague; badger, harry, hector. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pester ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR pester1 delight, entertain. SEE ANTONYMS FOR pester ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM pesterpes·ter·er, nounpes·ter·ing·ly, adverbpes·ter·some, adjectiveun·pes·tered, adjectiveWords nearby pesterpessimist, pessimistic, Pessoa, pest, Pestalozzi, pester, pester power, pesthole, pesthouse, pesticide, pestiferous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pesterBritish Dictionary definitions for pesterpester / (ˈpɛstə) / verb(tr) to annoy or nag continually Derived forms of pesterpesterer, nounpesteringly, adverbWord Origin for pesterC16: from Old French empestrer to hobble (a horse), from Vulgar Latin impāstōriāre (unattested) to use a hobble, from pāstōria (unattested) a hobble, from Latin pāstōrius relating to a herdsman, from pastor herdsman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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