英语词汇“badger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

badgerbadger1 /ˈbædʒɚ/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYbadger¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from badge; because of the white marks on its head

an animal which has black and white fur, lives in holes in the ground, and is active at night

noun | verb

badgerbadger2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

badger

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	badger
	he, she, it	badgers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	badgered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have badgered
	he, she, it	has badgered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had badgered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will badger
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have badgered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am badgering
	he, she, it	is badgering
	you, we, they	are badgering
Past	I, he, she, it	was badgering
	you, we, they	were badgering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been badgering
	he, she, it	has been badgering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been badgering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be badgering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been badgering

to try to persuade someone by asking him or her something several times SYN pester: badger somebody to do something/badger somebody into doing something Suppliers kept badgering the company to pay its bills.