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bugaboo

美 [ˈbʌɡəbuː]英 [ˈbʌɡəbuː]
  • n.恐怖的东西

复数: bugaboos

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noun

NAmE informal恐怖的东西
a thing that people are afraid of

noun

1
a source of concern
the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them
2
an imaginary monster used to frighten children
Synonym: bogeyman bugbear boogeyman booger

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  1. The bugaboo this time is black holes .

    这次扮演毁灭世界的妖魔鬼怪的是黑洞。

  2. But creating something useful is the bugaboo .

    但是,创造出有用的东西听来有点唬人。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。

  7. Nanna 's quest for " the Cadillac of walkers , " a $ 400 number not covered by Medicare , mirrored my search a decade ago for the nearly thousand-dollar Bugaboo that would signal to my urban-mommy cohort that I belonged .

    外婆要买医疗保险不报销的400美元的顶端步行器,跟我十年前花了将近1000美元购买Bugaboo婴儿手推车一样,只是为了表明自己属于都市母亲这个群体。

  8. And while in your fifties and sixties you are mentally alert enough to cope with things such as collapsing and reassembling a Bugaboo Cameleon , operating a digital baby monitor or using the microwave steam steriliser , you might have trouble in your seventies and eighties .

    五六十岁的时候,你还能有很好的精神状态来拆分或组装婴儿车、操纵婴儿监控器或使用微波蒸汽消毒机,但到了七八十岁的时候,干这些事可能就没这么轻松了。