badger

noun

1. 獾（挖洞居住，夜间活动）
   an animal with grey fur and wide black and white lines on its head. Badgers are nocturnal (= active mostly at night) and live in holes in the ground.

verb

1. 纠缠，烦扰（反复提出问题或要求）
   to put pressure on sb by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do sth
   1. I finally badgered him into coming with us.
      我终于磨着他和我们一起来了。
   2. Reporters constantly badger her about her private life.
      记者经常纠缠着打听她的私生活。
   3. His daughter was always badgering him to let her join the club.
      他女儿老缠着他要求加入俱乐部。

1. 獾
   A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
2. VERB 纠缠；烦扰；对…软磨硬泡
   If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
   1. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something...
      她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
   2. They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...
      他们不停地给我打电话、写信，软磨硬泡要我回去。
   3. Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
      理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子，终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。

1. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something
   她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
2. They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back
   他们不停地给我打电话、写信，软磨硬泡要我回去。
3. Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
   理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子，终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。
4. The badger and the snake had a ferocious battle in the woods.
   獾和蛇在树林里进行了一场恶斗。
5. Uncle Carl said I think there's a badger living in our chimney, hand me that flashlight.
   卡尔叔叔说我觉得有只獾住在咱家烟囱里，把手电筒给我。
6. Said the Badger at last.
   獾最后说。
7. But the summer passed and the Badger never came along.
   但是夏天过去了，獾还是没来过。
8. This was a wonderful thing indeed, for the Badger to come and visit them.
   獾来拜访他们，的确是不可思议的事。
9. They followed the Badger down long dark tunnels until they came into a large kitchen.
   他们跟着獾向下走过长长的黑通道，来到一个大大的厨房。
10. Then the Badger said, 'Now then!
    最后獾安慰道，现在好了！
11. But how are you, and the excellent Mole, and dear old Badger? '
    不过你怎么样，还有极好的鼹鼠和亲爱的老獾？
12. Mr Badger 'he said.
    他说，獾先生！
13. 'Take his things off, you two,' ordered the Badger.
    脱下他那身玩意儿，你们俩，獾命令道。
14. The Badger thought for a while. 'You know, don't you, that I can't do anything now?' he said at last.
    獾想了一会儿，最后说，你知道的，难道你忘了，我现在什么也干不成吗？
15. 'I asked Otter,' continued the Badger, 'to do some spy work for us.
    我让水獭，獾继续道。为我们作了些侦察。
16. The badger happily carried the big fat hen into his cave while the fox quickly ran off.
    獾兴高采烈地把它叼进洞穴里去了。狐狸飞快地逃走了。
17. If you badger him long enough, I'm sure he'll agree.
    只要你天天纠缠他，我相信他会同意。
18. I think these are badger tracks.
    我觉得这些是獾的脚印。
19. I like to picture Jesus like a mischievous badger.
    我喜欢把耶稣想象成爱恶作剧的獾类动物。
20. And did you badger him into it?
    你是不是强迫他这样做了？
21. Can you badger your uncle into letting us have his car this evening?
    你能缠住你叔叔让他今晚借车给我们用吗？
22. The badger appears above ground at night.
    獾晚上出现在地面上。
23. Don't badger me with stupid questions.
    不要拿这些蠢问题来死缠著我。
24. What does a bobcat have in common with a badger?
    美洲野猫与獾有什么共同之处吗？
25. She was as heavy as a badger.
    她像一头獾那么重。
26. I will badger with you for a life time, I will devote all my life to loving you.
    我会与你缠绵一生，我将用我所有的生命爱你。
27. The badger has been nicknamed "doormat" because of its broad, squat form and its hairy back.
    獾，因其宽宽的、矮墩墩的形体和毛茸茸的背部一直被人们浑称为“门垫”。
28. So Jed is up to the old badger game again.
    这么说，杰德又在搞美人计的老把戏了。
29. This is my friend, the badger.
    这位是我的朋友，獾。
30. The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.
    细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

  provoke anger annoy badger bother disturb hound irritate pester【导航词义：使生气，烦扰】

  provoke v. 激怒，使恼火

〔辨析〕尤指故意激怒某人，含有挑衅之意。

  anger v. 使生气，激怒

〔辨析〕指激怒某人，其程度通常高于 annoy。

  annoy v. 使烦恼，使生气

〔辨析〕普通用词，程度较轻，强调不断地烦扰，尤指以重复性的行为让人心烦或恼火。

  badger v. 纠缠，烦扰

〔辨析〕强调没完没了的发问、噪音等惹人生气。

  bother v. 打扰，打搅

〔辨析〕主要侧重于动作、客观事物对人的搅扰，而不强调人的心理及思维方面。

  disturb v. 妨碍，干扰，打扰

〔辨析〕常指打断他人的睡眠、工作等，语气较强。

  hound v. 烦扰，骚扰

〔辨析〕尤指为获得某种东西（如信息、隐情等）而不停地追着骚扰某人。

  irritate v. 激怒，使烦躁

〔辨析〕指因重复或长时间做某事而使人不快。

  pester v. 不断烦扰，纠缠

〔辨析〕尤指不断地要求某人做某事，强调纠缠至其难以忍受的地步。

noun

1. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws

verb

1. persuade through constant efforts

2. annoy persistently
   1. The children teased the boy because of his stammer

   Synonym:    teasepesterbugbeleaguer