单词 | bugbear |
释义 | bugbear (once / 8359 pages) n WORD FAMILY bugbear: bugbears USAGE EXAMPLESSuch as NATO, probably Mr Putin’s greatest bugbear. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) Further cuts to Brazil’s high rates—the number-one bugbear of many a Brazilian boss—are expected. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) For travellers using public transport at Luton airport, the main bugbear has been that it does not have an integrated railway station. BBC(Oct 25, 2016) 1n an imaginary monster used to frighten children Syn|Hyper bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo monster an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts 2n an object of dread or apprehension Germany was always a bugbear for France Syn|Hyper hobgoblin object the focus of cognitions or feelings |
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