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

pesterpester /ˈpɛstɚ/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpester

Origin: 1500-1600 Old French empestrer to prevent from moving properly, from Vulgar Latin pastoria something that ties animals’ legs together; influenced by pest

VERB TABLE

pester

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pester
	he, she, it	pesters
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pestered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pestered
	he, she, it	has pestered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pestered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pester
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pestered

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

to annoy someone, especially by asking him or her many times to do something: pester somebody for something She keeps pestering me for money.pester somebody to do something Ryan keeps pestering me to play with him. [Origin: 1500–1600 Old French empestrer to prevent from moving properly, from Vulgar Latin pastoria something that ties animals’ legs together; influenced by pest]