| 单词 | pesky |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['peski] |
| 解释 | adj. 讨厌的，烦人的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 讨厌的，烦人的(trou blesome, vexatious) 【记】 来自pesty, pest(害虫) 【例】 A pesky fly buzzed around my sandwich. |
| 字源 | pesky (adj.) 1775, originally in New England dialect, perhaps a dialectal formation from pest (compare plaguy "confounded, annoying, disagreeable"). Partridge suggests an origin in Essex dialect. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 讨厌的; 烦人的 = troublesome = vexatious 【记】源于pest害虫－烦人的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】可能来自pest 害虫 + y |
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