英['bædʒə(r)]美['bædʒər]
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【结构分析】badger=badge（徽章）+er（名词后缀）→戴徽章的动物→獾=獾之所以被称为badger，是因为它的前额上有醒目的白色条纹，就像是一个徽章。中世纪时流行一种残忍的狗咬獾游戏。人们将抓来的獾放到一个盒子里，然后将一只狗放入盒子里，让狗反复去咬獾，每次咬住獾后，狗主人就将它们分开，如此反复，以在规定时间内咬住獾次数最多为胜。由于在这种游戏中，狗会反复去咬獾，因此badger一词衍生出“纠缠不休”之意。
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小知识
Badger is to bother. Persistently. On and on. Without stop. Relentlessly. Over and over. Endlessly. It comes from the name of that chipmunk-like animal that burrows into the ground.
If you badger someone, you get under their skin. A badger is an animal that digs tunnels under ground to keep warm. To badger can also mean to persuade someone through constant annoying efforts. You might badger your mom to add another hour to your curfew or badger your friend to give you a turn with a video game he has been hogging.