bugaboo

英 [ˈbʌgəbu:]      美 [ˈbʌɡəˌbu]
  • n. 妖怪,鬼怪;令人烦恼或恐惧的原因
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1. 头上长了“八个包”,吓人的东西。
bugaboo 恐怖的东西

来自bugbear 变体。

bugaboo (n.)
1843, earlier buggybow (1740), probably an alteration of bugbear (also see bug (n.)), but connected by Chapman ["Dictionary of American Slang"] with Bugibu, demon in the Old French poem "Aliscans" from 1141, which is perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Cornish bucca-boo, from bucca "bogle, goblin").
1. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the bugaboo from the home.
在古代,人们制造噪声以便把鬼怪驱逐出家门。
2. The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them.
通货膨胀的老大难问题仍然困扰着他们.
3. For a decade or so Japan's lost decade has been the great bugaboo of modern macroeconomics.
日本在这大概十年间的失败已经成为当今宏观经济学家吓人用的鬼怪.
4. When it came to a perennial Clinton bugaboo - personnel - things began on a promising note.
克林顿刚刚看到即将摆脱困扰他多时的私人琐事的希望.

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