Dreye權威釋義|badger

n.

【動】獾[C]
獾皮；獾毛[U]
【動】【澳】毛鼻袋熊；袋狸[C]
（大寫）獾州人（美國威斯康辛州人的別稱）[C]

vt.

困擾；糾纏[（+into/with）][O2]
My children kept badgering me to get a home computer.
我的孩子糾纏不休地要我弄一架家用電腦。
They badgered me into buying a new car.
他們纏得我只好買一輛新汽車。

辨析

同義:

vt.索求；困擾，欺負

question torment bother pester bait harass tease annoy

n.獾

small hairy animal

同義參見:

torment² tantalize bully¹ plague persecute needle molest worry

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat and a white-striped head. [Meles meles (Eurasia) and Taxidea taxus (N. America).]

v.

repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something.

Etymology

C16: perh. from badge, with ref. to its distinctive head markings.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》