badger

noun

🔊/ˈbædʒə(r)/

🔊/ˈbædʒər/

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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.獾（挖洞居住，夜间活动）Topics Animalsc2
Word Originearly 16th cent.: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th cent.) originates from the now illegal sport of badger-baiting, where dogs draw a badger from its set and kill it.

verb

🔊/ˈbædʒə(r)/

🔊/ˈbædʒər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they badger	🔊/ˈbædʒə(r)/ 🔊/ˈbædʒər/
he / she / it badgers	🔊/ˈbædʒəz/ 🔊/ˈbædʒərz/
past simple badgered	🔊/ˈbædʒəd/ 🔊/ˈbædʒərd/
past participle badgered	🔊/ˈbædʒəd/ 🔊/ˈbædʒərd/
-ing form badgering	🔊/ˈbædʒərɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈbædʒərɪŋ/

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to put pressure on somebody by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do something纠缠，烦扰（反复提出问题或要求） synonym pester
- badger somebody (into doing something) I finally badgered him into coming with us.我终于磨着他和我们一起来了。🔊🔊
- badger somebody about something Reporters constantly badger her about her private life.记者经常纠缠着打听她的私生活。🔊🔊
- badger somebody to do something His daughter was always badgering him to let her join the club.他女儿老缠着他让她加入俱乐部。🔊🔊
Word Originearly 16th cent.: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th cent.) originates from the now illegal sport of badger-baiting, where dogs draw a badger from its set and kill it.