纏著不放的動作
同一個字當動詞用時，留下來的是那股「不放手」的勁：一直來、一直來，直到對方受不了。這是一條好用的記憶線索，不是歷史上的因果。
verb · C1
To keep asking or pressing someone about something, again and again, until they agree or until they are worn down.
一直纏著要求
核心畫面
A low, heavy animal with a striped face that digs and does not let go — and, in the verb, a person who keeps coming back at you the same way.
badger 的中心可以想成那隻臉上有黑白條紋的動物：身子低低的、力氣大、一挖就不停，而且天黑了還在。動詞的畫面可以…更多收起
badger 的中心可以想成那隻臉上有黑白條紋的動物：身子低低的、力氣大、一挖就不停，而且天黑了還在。動詞的畫面可以想成同一種「不放手」被搬到人身上——同一件事今天問、明天問、後天還在問。這只是一條好記的線索，不是詞源上的證明；不過 Wiktionary 確實把名詞和動詞收在同一個詞源底下。From the word’s history
From Middle English bageard, from bage (badge), pointing at the badge-like white blaze on the animal's face; it displaced the older English word brock. Wiktionary files the verb under this same etymology.
來自中古英語 bageard，出自 bage（徽章），指的是牠臉上那塊像徽章的白斑。它取代了更早的英文字 brock。Wiktionary 把動詞和名詞收在同一個詞源底下，所以這兩個意思在來源上是同一個字，不是碰巧同音。
Wiktionary entries for badger, etymology 1 (source_refs kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:234704634 noun and :234790901 verb): From Middle English bageard, from bage (badge) + -ard; displaced earlier brock.
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noun · B1
A wild animal with short legs, strong claws, and black and white fur on its face, which digs holes in the ground to live in and comes out at night.
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