bogy 的定义
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.
bogy 近义词
等同于 bugaboo
等同于 bugbear
等同于 chimera
更多bogy例句
- 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.