Nag
[næg] or [næɡ]
解释:
(verb.) remind or urge constantly; 'she nagged to take a vacation'.
(verb.) bother persistently with trivial complaints; 'She nags her husband all day long'.
(verb.) worry persistently; 'nagging concerns and doubts'.
黛娜编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.
(n.) A paramour; -- in contempt.
(v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
比琳达手打
同义词及近义词:
n. Horse (especially a small horse), pony.
编辑:谢尔顿
解释:
v.t. to worry or annoy continually: to tease or vex: to find fault with constantly:—pr.p. nag′ging; pa.p. nagged.—n. Nag′ger.
n. a horse but particularly a small one—(Scot.) Naig: (Shak.) a jade.
杰西整理
例句:
- The nag was grazing at some distance, not suspecting any harm. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Being one day abroad with my protector the sorrel nag, and the weather exceeding hot, I entreated him to let me bathe in a river that was near. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- I seed 'em saddling his little nag as I passed at back o' t' rectory. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I saw you on Saturday cantering over the hill on a nag not worthy of you. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He railed at us for our pains, terming us des ménagères avares; but we let him talk, and managed the economy of the repast our own way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- In this employment, a sorrel nag, one of the under-servants, was very ready to assist me. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- I had worked two chairs with my knife, the sorrel nag helping me in the grosser and more laborious part. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- He said he could make a fortune with it, because he could get old nags in there and make them act like thoroughbreds. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
整理:梅纳德