gadfly

英 ['gædflaɪ]

昆虫畅通词汇GRE

复数: gadflies;

gadfly 牛虻，讨人厌者

来自gad, 刺，尖头棒。fly, 昆虫。

gadfly: gadfly: see yard
gadfly (n.): also gad-fly, 1620s, "fly which bites cattle," probably from gad (n.) "goad, metal rod," here in the sense of "stinger;" but the sense is entangled with gad (v.) "rove about" (on the notion, perhaps, of the insect's power of flight or of the restlessness of animals plagued by them), and another early meaning of gadfly was "someone who likes to go about, often stopping here and there" (1610s). Sense of "one who irritates another" is from 1640s (equivalent of Latin oestrus; see estrus). "In strictness, only the females are gadflies, the males being smaller and quite inoffensive, living on juices of plants" [Century Dictionary]. Earlier bot-fly, from bot "skin parasite" (late 15c.).

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.

The Gadfly was written by Irish authoress Ethel Lilian Voynich and published in England in 1897.: 《牛虻》一书由爱尔兰女作家艾捷尔?丽莲?伏尼契写成并于1897年在英国出版.

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.

One guy said he'd like to be a gadfly, like Socrates.: 一个男生说,他想做牛虻, 像苏格拉底一样.

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.

Egypt is a beautiful heifer; A gadfly from the north has come on her.: 20埃及是肥美的母牛犊; 但出于北方的牛来到她身上了.

After 13 years, an ugly man called Gadfly returned to Italy.: 13年后, 一个长相丑陋的叫牛虻的人回到了意大利.

Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly is coming against her from the north.: 20埃及是肥美的母牛犊.但出于北方的毁灭〔毁灭或作牛虻来到了、来到了.

Egypt a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly is coming against her from the north.: 埃及是肥美的母牛犊.但出于北方的毁灭(作牛虻)到了. 来到了.

At first only one newspaper, Hankyoreh, regarded as a provocative gadfly, dared print them.: 一开始仅有一家报纸, Hankyoreh,它被认为是一只挑衅的牛虻, 敢于刊登这些指控.

Bravery, selfishness, and endurance are the characters which can be found easily on the Gadfly.: 勇敢、无私和意志力在牛虻身上都表现得很突出.

DiLorenzo's subject was the filmmaker and liberal gadfly Michael Moore.: 蒂洛伦佐谈到了制片人和自由牛虻迈克尔·摩尔.

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。