pesky

英 [ˈpeski]

美 [ˈpeski]

adj.  恼人的; 讨厌的

最高级：peskiest　

GRE

BNC.48758 / COCA.16848

牛津词典

adj.

• 恼人的；讨厌的
  annoying
  1. pesky insects
     讨厌的昆虫

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 恼人的；讨厌的
  Peskymeans irritating.
  1. ...as if he were a pesky tourist asking silly questions of a busy man.
     好像他是个让人讨厌的旅客，尽向忙碌的人问些愚蠢的问题

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomegallingirritatingnettlesomepesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing

双语例句

• But now, online at least, you can outsource that pesky task.
  现如今你可以把这个麻烦事儿交给别人做了。
• And the scarf conveniently shields the wearer from that pesky overhead aircraft draught.
  而且，这种围巾可以方便地保护佩戴者，使其不受头顶上烦人的飞机气流的影响。
• Also, when we use tr, we can avoid writing those pesky regular expressions.
  另外，在使用tr时，可以避免写那些让人讨厌的正则表达式。
• He's got to look like a wild man before he can scare those pesky, seed-guzzling, fruit-pecking crows.
  他得让自己看起来像个野蛮人才能吓怕那些烦人的，爱吃粮食和啄食果子的乌鸦们。
• Chemical purging compounds are best for large or complex systems or for addressing pesky contamination issues like black specks.
  化学清洗化合物则最适宜于大而复杂的系统或者适宜于解决像黑点之类的令人讨厌的污染问题。
• Sands is discreet about pesky details such as the number of VIP tables but they looked plentiful to me.
  对于贵宾赌桌数量等令人讨厌的繁琐问题，金沙较为审慎，但在我看来似乎很多。
• We longed for this Utopian future when the office would be obsolete, commuting would be a thing of the past and we'd no longer have to deal with pesky door handles or irritating things like meat pies.
  我们渴望这种乌托邦式的未来，当办公室成为过时的东西，交换将成为过去，我们将不再不得不处理那些令人讨厌的买卖，或是像肉馅饼一样气人的东西。
• A falconer in SantaBarbara, for instance, keeps pesky seagulls from invading the FourSeasons'pool.
  比如在圣芭芭拉，只要有一个养鹰人就会防止讨厌的海鸥侵扰“四季酒店”的游泳池。
• Happy Independence Day you pesky yanks.
  独立日快乐，你们这群该死的美国佬。
• Dirty pesky rats! I'm coming, hae-sook! Hold on!
  讨厌的脏老鼠！我就来，惠！坚持住！