Nag
[næg] or [næɡ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
黛娜編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Horse (especially a small horse), pony.
編輯:谢尔顿
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- The nag was grazing at some distance, not suspecting any harm. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- 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. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I seed 'em saddling his little nag as I passed at back o' t' rectory. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I saw you on Saturday cantering over the hill on a nag not worthy of you. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- 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. 維萊特.
- In this employment, a sorrel nag, one of the under-servants, was very ready to assist me. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I had worked two chairs with my knife, the sorrel nag helping me in the grosser and more laborious part. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- He said he could make a fortune with it, because he could get old nags in there and make them act like thoroughbreds. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
整理:梅纳德