badger
n
animal of the weasel family, grey with black and white stripes on its head, living in holes in the ground and moving about at night . =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page iii.
badger v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.t]
~ sb (with/for sth); ~ sb (into doing sth) pester sb; nag sb persistently 纠缠某人; 烦扰某人
Stop badgering your father with questions! 别老拿问题去烦你父亲了!
She badgered me into doing what she wanted. 她闹著要我照她要求的做.
Tom has been badgering his uncle to buy him a camera. 汤姆一直缠著他叔叔给他买照相机.
🔁 扩展释义
*['bædʒә]n. 獾, 獾皮毛vt. 纠缠【经】 小贩(食品), 行商相关词组: to badger sb for sth to badger sb with question
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.