gadfly

gadfly

英 ['gædflaɪ]

n. [昆] 牛虻；討厭的人

中文詞源：

gadfly 牛虻，討人厭者

來自gad, 刺，尖頭棒。fly, 昆蟲。

例句：

1. It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.
佈坎南隻是故意攪局還是對總統構成真正的威脅，這還有待觀察。

2. Gemma thought Gadfly was Arthur, but she could not make sure.
瓊瑪雖感到牛虻是亞瑟, 卻不能確定.

3. One guy said he'd like to be a gadfly, like Socrates.
一個男生說,他想做牛虻, 像蘇格拉底一樣.

4. Maybe Arthur had been a truly gadfly, flying happily in the sky.
或許,亞瑟真的變成瞭一直牛虻, 自由快樂地在天空中飛翔.

5. After 13 years, an ugly man called Gadfly returned to Italy.
13年後, 一個長相醜陋的叫牛虻的人回到瞭意大利.