| 单词 | bugaboo |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['bʌgəbu:] |
| 解释 | n. 吓人的东西；妖怪 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.吓人的东西;妖怪(b ugbear; object of baseless terror) |
| 字源 | bugaboo (n.) 1843, earlier buggybow (1740), probably an alteration of bugbear (also see bug (n.)), but connected by Chapman ["Dictionary of American Slang"] with Bugibu, demon in the Old French poem "Aliscans" from 1141, which is perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Cornish bucca-boo, from bucca "bogle, goblin"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 吓人的东西(经常夸大了令人害怕的程度); 妖怪 = bugbear 【记】bug臭虫, a一块, boo布. 如上图: 臭虫盖上一块布. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】bug 程序错误，臭虫 + boo 表轻蔑声音，程序出现bug，吓出一身 【相关】boo 音：不 |
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