gadfly

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈgædflaɪ]
• 美式音标 [ˈɡædˌflaɪ]
• 国际音标 ['ɡædflai]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.虻；牛虻；惹人讨厌的人

同根派生

英汉例句

• It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.
  布坎南只是故意搅局还是对总统构成真正的威胁，这还有待观察。
• Gemma thought Gadfly was Arthur, but she could not make sure.
  琼玛虽感到牛虻是亚瑟, 却不能确定.
• Maybe Arthur had been a truly gadfly, flying happily in the sky.
  或许,亚瑟真的变成了一直牛虻, 自由快乐地在天空中飞翔.
• It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.
  布坎南只是故意搅局还是对总统构成真正的威胁，这还有待观察。
• She'd been there 30 years but was still a gadfly. I loved that.
  尽管在那儿干了30多年,她与职工之间依然直来直去, 有时也刺儿你一下,我就喜欢她的那种性格.

词组短语

短语

• horsefly gadfly 厩蝇牛虻
• gadfly expellent 牛蝇净;牛蝇净英语;翻译
• gadfly petrel 虻圆尾鹱
• tabanus gadfly 虻虫
• Gadfly and Ant 蜻蜓和蚂蚁

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (ANNOYING PERSON) someone who is always annoying or criticizing other people
• (INSECT) a fly that bites horses and cows

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority.

专业释义

医药科学

• 虻虫
• 虻

生物学

• 牛虻