bugaboo

英 [ˈbʌɡəbuː]

美 [ˈbʌɡəbuː]

n.  恐怖的东西

复数：bugaboos　

GRE

COCA.29515

牛津词典

noun

• 恐怖的东西
  a thing that people are afraid of

英英释义

noun

• a source of concern
  1. the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them
• an imaginary monster used to frighten children
  Synonym:bogeymanbugbearboogeymanbooger

双语例句

• But creating something useful is the bugaboo.
  但是，创造出有用的东西听来有点唬人。
• The bugaboo this time is black holes.
  这次扮演毁灭世界的妖魔鬼怪的是黑洞。
• This good, old quarter, terrified at the Revolution, takes refuge in slumber, as children, when they hear the Bugaboo coming, hide their heads hastily under their coverlet.
  这个老区，被革命吓坏了，就到睡梦中躲避危险，就象孩子们听见妖怪来了，就急忙把头藏进被窝里。
• If the sidewalks seem less clogged with Bugaboo strollers these days and you can't remember the last time you had to diaper a doll at a baby shower, it's not your imagination or fuzzy memory.
  如果现在人行道上的婴儿车不再拥堵，并且你想不起你最后一次在送礼会上为婴儿抱尿布的情景，这不是你的想象力或者记忆力出了问题。
• Signs of it were revealed by the absence of reporting on the big bugaboo of the past few years: the US current account deficit.
  这方面的征兆是有关美国经常账户赤字的报道突然偃旗息鼓，而这曾是过去几年中一个严重的问题。
• Bugaboo for children, Jehovah for men. Let us not be terrified into compliance – their threats are probably a bluff.
  奶妈发明了妖怪来吓唬小孩，也发明了耶和华来吓唬大人。我们别被吓得屈从－他们的威胁有可能是吓唬人。