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gadfly n.牛蝇,形似苍蝇,讨厌的人 Gadfly can also refer to an actual fly. The next time you see a cow swatting at the air with her tail, look closer because she might actually be shooing away an annoying gadfly. This is any kind of fly that likes to pester, and even bite, livestock. The prefix gad is an old word for “spike” or “pointed stick” which can be thought of, in this case, as similar to a stinger. So if your office mate is continuously buzzing around your desk with stinging comments, call him a gadfly and try to shoo him back to his own desk. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]讨人厌者；有意搅扰他人者；（尤指）故意挑战权威者 If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority. It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.布坎南只是故意搅局还是对总统构成真正的威胁，这还有待观察。

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['gædflai] A gadfly is an irritating person, a nuisance who will often ask too many questions or lob lots of criticisms in order to get his or her way. ☆☆☆☆☆

英语单词	gadfly
英美音标	['gædflai]
中文释义	n.牛蝇,形似苍蝇,讨厌的人
vocabulary简明	A gadfly is an irritating person, a nuisance who will often ask too many questions or lob lots of criticisms in order to get his or her way.
vocabulary扩展	Gadfly can also refer to an actual fly. The next time you see a cow swatting at the air with her tail, look closer because she might actually be shooing away an annoying gadfly. This is any kind of fly that likes to pester, and even bite, livestock. The prefix gad is an old word for “spike” or “pointed stick” which can be thought of, in this case, as similar to a stinger. So if your office mate is continuously buzzing around your desk with stinging comments, call him a gadfly and try to shoo him back to his own desk.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]讨人厌者；有意搅扰他人者；（尤指）故意挑战权威者 If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority. It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president. 布坎南只是故意搅局还是对总统构成真正的威胁，这还有待观察。

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