badger
/ˈbædʒə(r); `bædʒɚ/ n
animal of the weasel family, grey with black and white stripes on its head, living in holes in the ground and moving about at night . =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page iii.
badger / ˈbædʒə(r); `bædʒɚ/ v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.t]
~ sb (with/for sth); ~ sb (into doing sth) pester sb; nag sb persistently 纠缠某人; 烦扰某人
Stop badgering your father with questions! 别老拿问题去烦你父亲了!
She badgered me into doing what she wanted. 她闹著要我照她要求的做.
Tom has been badgering his uncle to buy him a camera. 汤姆一直缠著他叔叔给他买照相机.