badger

🇺🇸 /ˈbædʒər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbædʒə(r)/
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noun
R

A badger is a small, nocturnal mammal with grey fur and black and white stripes on its face. It lives in burrows in the ground.

The badger was foraging for food during the night.

イタチが夜間にかけて食物を探す。

verb
R

To badger someone means to repeatedly ask or pester them, often about something they don't want to discuss.

The journalists badgered the celebrity about his personal life, but he refused to answer.

記者が芸能人の私生活についてしつこく問いただしましたが、彼は答えを拒否しました。

translation

n. ミツ
v. しつこく

語形変化

3rd Present badgers
Past badgered
Perfect badgered
Progressive badgering
Plural badgers