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Pesky Things Annoying Word 英 Peski] 美 Peski Adj.讨厌的;烦人的

英语单词 pesky
英美音标 英 ['peski] 美 ['peski]
中文释义 adj.讨厌的;烦人的
英语例句 (1) Those pesky salesmen always call at dinner time.
(2) It also prevents any more pesky calls from Geneva.
中文例句 (1) 那些讨厌的推销员总是在吃晚饭的时候打电话。
(2) 此外它还避免了来自日内瓦的恼人之声。
vocabulary简明 Anything pesky is annoying. Pesky things get on your nerves, like pesky mosquitoes that ruin an outdoor movie or pesky ants that march away with all of your picnic food.
vocabulary扩展 Pesky things are irritating, like small children who poke you on the leg for ten minutes while you try to discuss Nietzsche. A pesky fly dive-bombs by your head all afternoon. An itch you can't reach is pesky. The word pesky is an old word from New England, as in “like a pest,” but in a funny accent. Different people find different things pesky, but pesky things are never terrible, just very annoying.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]恼人的;讨厌的 Pesky means irritating.
  [ADJ n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • ...as if he were a pesky tourist asking silly questions of a busy man.

    好像他是个让人讨厌的旅客,尽向忙碌的人问些愚蠢的问题

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