bugging
窃听,叮嘱,叮咛,烦人的事
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Definitions
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- : Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- : any insect or insectlike invertebrate.
- : Informal. any microorganism, especially a virus: He was laid up for a week by an intestinal bug.
- : Informal. a defect or imperfection, as in a mechanical device, computer program, or plan; glitch: The test flight discovered the bugs in the new plane.
- : Informal. a person who has a great enthusiasm for something; fan or hobbyist: a hi-fi bug.a craze or obsession: He's got the sports-car bug.
- : Informal. a hidden microphone or other electronic eavesdropping device.any of various small mechanical or electrical gadgets, as one to influence a gambling device, give warning of an intruder, or indicate location.
- : a mark, as an asterisk, that indicates a particular item, level, etc.
- : Horse Racing. the five-pound weight allowance that can be claimed by an apprentice jockey.
- : a telegraph key that automatically transmits a series of dots when moved to one side and one dash when moved to the other.
- : Poker Slang. a joker that can be used only as an ace or as a wild card to fill a straight or a flush.
- : Printing. a label printed on certain matter to indicate that it was produced by a union shop.
- : any of various fishing plugs resembling an insect.
- : Chiefly British. a bedbug.
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bugged, bug·ging.Informal.
- : to install a secret listening device in or on: The phone had been bugged.
- : to bother; annoy; pester: She's bugging him to get her into show business.
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- : bug off, Slang. to leave or depart, especially rapidly: I can't help you, so bug off.
- : bug out, Slang. to flee in panic; show panic or alarm.
Phrases
- bug off
- bug out
- cute as a button (bug's ear)
- put a bug in someone's ear
- snug as a bug in a rug
- what's eating (bugging) you
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
By the 1930s, medical researchers had figured out how to breed harmless forms of bugs to stuff inside sterilized injections.
Toshin said the scanner is open to bug hunters and security researchers, who can pay to scan each app — with five scans tossed in for free.
We look to these individuals at Google for assistant, clarity and support when Google launches new features, has bugs or we just need help.
I usually check mine at the beginning of summer, because that’s when I’m more prone to need it for cuts, burns, bug bites and other outdoor mishaps.
From CureVac to Japan’s Agnes and Takara Bio to Arcturus, these companies are relying on everything from synthetically made antibodies, to spike protein-blocking compounds, to messenger RNA to tackle the bug.
The audience asked Levori and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy some of the questions that had also been bugging me during film.
Months of bugging showed that reporters from three tabloid newspapers were receiving confidential information from the agency.
Police hoped the bugging operation would result in long custodial sentences for both police and journalists.
A royal phone-bugging debacle from his tabloid-editing days forced Andy Coulson, the U.K. leader's PR guru, to resign Friday.
Charlotte had been bugging her for an answer about running her reelection campaign for weeks.
The Masquerade Ball was filmed for televising, and was a sight for bugging eyes.
The two brothers from Trinidad hadn't moved, their eyes bugging.
He hoed corn away in the back of the field, when he should have been bugging potatoes by the roadside.
Other than that, that's the whole thing, but this boy Bertrand has been bugging me ever since.
They can't be dangerous in themselves, but if they're genuine, I want to know who's bugging this place.