Nag

(verb.) remind or urge constantly; 'she nagged to take a vacation'.

(verb.) bother persistently with trivial complaints; 'She nags her husband all day long'.

(verb.) worry persistently; 'nagging concerns and doubts'.

黛娜编辑

• The nag was grazing at some distance, not suspecting any harm. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Being one day abroad with my protector the sorrel nag, and the weather exceeding hot, I entreated him to let me bathe in a river that was near. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I seed 'em saddling his little nag as I passed at back o' t' rectory. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I saw you on Saturday cantering over the hill on a nag not worthy of you. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He railed at us for our pains, terming us des ménagères avares; but we let him talk, and managed the economy of the repast our own way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In this employment, a sorrel nag, one of the under-servants, was very ready to assist me. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I had worked two chairs with my knife, the sorrel nag helping me in the grosser and more laborious part. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He said he could make a fortune with it, because he could get old nags in there and make them act like thoroughbreds. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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