2009년 9월 28일 월요일

Dic: bugaboo

  • The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them.
  • Boredom, laziness and failure . . . These bugaboos, magnified by imagination, keep [the workaholic] running. (Dun's Review)
  • The bugaboos that have plagued vision systems: high price and slow throughput. (Lawrence A. Goshorn)

  1. (1) An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety. | (2) A recurring or persistent problem.
  2. NAmE. (informal) a thing that people are afraid of.
... The American Heritage, OALD

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