plaguey
英 美
- 麻烦的
- 讨厌的
- 烦扰的
英英释义
- 1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;
- "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- "plaguey fevers"
- 2. causing irritation or annoyance;
- "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"
- "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"
- "found it galling to have to ask permission"
- "an irritating delay"
- "nettlesome paperwork"
- "a pesky mosquito"
- "swarms of pestering gnats"
- "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"
- "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"
- "a vexatious child"
- "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
实用场景例句
- It's so plaguey cold!
- 如此天寒地冻!
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双语例句
- 1. It's so plaguey cold!
- 如此天寒地冻!
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英文词源
- plaguey (adj.)
- 1570s, "pertaining to a plague," from plague (n.) + -y (2). Figurative meaning "vexatious, troublesome" is from 1610s. As an adverb (properly it would be plaguily) it is attested from 1580s, often with deliberate attempt at humor. Johnson also has woundy "excessive."