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bugging

/buhg/US // bʌg //UK // (bʌɡ) //

窃听,叮嘱,叮咛,烦人的事

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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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.
v.有主动词 verb
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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.