bug

bug
noun
  1. a small insect
    小虫
    ■(informal)a harmful micro-organism, typically a bacterium
    (非正式)有害的微生物(尤指病菌)
    ■an illness caused by such a micro-organism
    因病菌引起的疾病
    he'd just recovered from a flu bug.
    他的流感刚好。
    ■[with modifier](figurative, informal)an enthusiastic, almost obsessive, interest in something
    (喻,非正式)着迷,热衷
    they caught the sailing bug.
    他们对帆船运动非常着迷。
    Joe was bitten by the showbiz bug.
    乔对娱乐性行业非常热心。
  2. (亦作 true bug)(Entomology)an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking
    (昆)半翅目昆虫。 参见 Hemiptera
  3. Order Hemiptera:
    半翅目 参见 Hemiptera
  4. a miniature microphone, typically concealed in a room or telephone
    窃听器
  5. an error in a computer program or system
    计算机程序(或系统)中的错误
(bugged, bugging)
[with obj.]
  1. (常作 be bugged)conceal or miniature microphone in (a room or telephone) in order to eavesdrop or record someone's conversations illicitly
    在(房间或电话里)装窃听器
    the telephones of the presidential palace were bugged.
    总统府的电话被人装了窃听器。
    ■record or eavesdrop on (a conversation) in this way
    窃听(谈话)
  2. (informal)annoy or bother (someone)
    (非正式)使困扰,打扰
    a persistent reporter was bugging me.
    有个不胜其烦的记者总是跟着我。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: of unknown origin. Current verb senses date from the early 20th cent
继承用法
bug off
  1. (N. Amer. informal)go away
    (北美,非正式)走开
bug out
(N. Amer. informal) (北美,非正式)
  1. leave quickly
    迅速撤退
    if you see enemy troops, bug out.
    如看见敌军,你们就迅速撤退。
  2. bulge outwards
    凸出
    men's eyes bug out when she walks past.
    当她路过时,男人们的眼珠子都鼓出来了。
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