pester

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈpɛstɚ/|[ˈpʰɛstɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bother or nuisance.
    — By now I presumed I had become a real pester.
动词 v.
  1. To bother, harass, or annoy persistently. transitive
    — He pestered me with questions.
  2. To crowd together thickly. intransitive,obsolete,transitive
    — That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes in the full clue abroad a drying, and make a brauer ſhew with them, then ſo many banners and ſtreamers diſplayed againſt the Sunne on a mountaine top.

词形变化

pesters present,singular,third-person pestering participle,present pestered participle,past pestered past pesters plural

词汇关系

近义词
badger bait bedevil beleaguer persecute dog bug devil beset chevy give someone grief harass harry hound pester pick at plague vex
反义词
get out of someone's ear get out of someone's face get up off give someone a break leave alone let alone lay off tolerate
上位词
annoy
下位词
bepester cyberharass heckle overharass sexually harass troll
衍生词
bepester pesterable pesterer pesteringly pesterment pesterous pester power pestersome pestery unpestered
相关词
pest pick on

词源

词源 1
In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).
词源 2
In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).
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