喜樂美語

bug-a-boo

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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bug-a-boonoun/ˈbʌɡəbuː/

  • 1

    A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.

    • The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for bug-a-boo, hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object.
  • 2

    Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.

    • ...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of bug-a-boo terror about roving gangsters.
    • “Oh! Of all the intolerable bugaboos. Gentlemen, this is a family discu-- Oh!”

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