badger

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæd͡ʒə/    美 /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea.
  2. An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker or huckster; especially one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. obsolete
  3. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  4. A brush made of badger hair. obsolete
  5. A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered. in-plural,obsolete
  6. A person who is very fond of cricket. slang
动词 v.
  1. To pester; to annoy persistently; to press. transitive
    — He kept badgering her about her bad habits.

词形变化

badgers plural badgers present,singular,third-person badgering participle,present badgered participle,past badgered past badgers plural

词汇关系

相关词
cete meline sett set

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.
词源 2
Unknown Possibly from bagger. "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8.
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