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bogy

/boh-gee; for 1, 2 also boog-ee, boo-gee/US // ˈboʊ gi; for 1, 2 also ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi //UK // (ˈbəʊɡɪ) //

转向架,转向盘

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bo·gies.

    • : a hobgoblin; evil spirit.
    • : anything that haunts, frightens, annoys, or harasses.
    • : something that functions as a real or imagined barrier that must be overcome, bettered, etc.: Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers. A speed of 40 knots is a bogy for motorboats.
    • : Military. bogey.

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Examples

  • And I had nothing to eat, and I was so frightened—for she said there was a bogy there—that I nearly died.

  • And throughout the trip he continued to regard me as a species of bogy-man, while Ryborg he considered a most reputable traveler.

  • Shell fire, speaking generally, is the "Bogy of Battle" to those not accustomed to it.

  • But he did the job, and this bogy-man scare of his is the weak cunning of a disordered mind to divert suspicion.

  • Syme remembered those wild woes of yesterday as one remembers being afraid of Bogy in childhood.