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bugbear

/buhg-bair/US // ˈbʌgˌbɛər //UK // (ˈbʌɡˌbɛə) //

虫子,虫虫,虫族,臭虫

Related Words

gremlin小妖精,小精灵,小妖怪,妖怪scare吓唬人,吓人,惊吓,吓唬人的hobgoblin妖精,小妖精,妖怪,妖魔鬼怪ogre食人魔,妖怪,食人妖,食人怪apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心bugaboo虫虫,虫子,窃听器,蝽蟓fear恐惧,担心,害怕,担忧bogey妖怪,妖魔鬼怪,妖精,妖魔dread畏惧,害怕,可怕的,恐惧threat威胁,恐吓,威胁到了terror恐怖,恐惧,恐怖事件,恐怖袭击problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决goblin小妖精,妖精,小精灵,妖怪specter幽灵,阴影,荧光剂,画面wraith巫师,裹尸布,缠绕,缠绕物loup-garou露普-加罗鲁(Loup-garou)bogy转向架,转向盘boogeyman恶棍,盗贼,恶棍人,祸水鬼bete noire黑手党,黑人,红颜祸水,黑马

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any source, real or imaginary, of needless fright or fear.
    • : a persistent problem or source of annoyance.
    • : Folklore. a goblin that eats up naughty children.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounghost
Synonyms
apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心bogey妖怪,妖魔鬼怪,妖精,妖魔bogy转向架,转向盘boogeyman恶棍,盗贼,恶棍人,祸水鬼bugaboo虫虫,虫子,窃听器,蝽蟓dread畏惧,害怕,可怕的,恐惧fear恐惧,担心,害怕,担忧goblin小妖精,妖精,小精灵,妖怪gremlin小妖精,小精灵,小妖怪,妖怪hobgoblin妖精,小妖精,妖怪,妖魔鬼怪loup-garou露普-加罗鲁(Loup-garou)ogre食人魔,妖怪,食人妖,食人怪problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决scare吓唬人,吓人,惊吓,吓唬人的specter幽灵,阴影,荧光剂,画面terror恐怖,恐惧,恐怖事件,恐怖袭击threat威胁,恐吓,威胁到了wraith巫师,裹尸布,缠绕,缠绕物bete noire黑手党,黑人,红颜祸水,黑马

Examples

  • They swatted aside the Jackets, their bugbear from a season ago, and the Bruins — the team that appeared most equipped to give them trouble in the East — like so many mosquitos, needing just five games to beat each of them.

  • They asked him if he was president of the Union League - a particular bugbear for the Klan because it sought to organize freedmen.

  • Will constitutional-law professors replace community organizers and the French as the right's latest bugbear?

  • So that fastidious snuff-takers may dismiss this bugbear at once and forever.

  • The chest was soon filled with quilts and that bugbear was gone from her life.

  • A mere bugbear to frighten children, believe me; and never yet alarmed a brave man.

  • As for the Tennessee land, so long a will-o'the-wisp and a bugbear, it became tangible property at last.

  • This bogie, phantom, bugbear, is a supposed influence called "Reaction."

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