Word
ballyrag
verb
欺负；对…作威作福
be bossy towards; bully
- 1.
To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
口头骚扰、纠缠、嘲弄或辱骂
口头骚扰、纠缠、嘲弄或辱骂；恫吓；欺负
In use
In the old school, bigger kids used to ballyrag anyone smaller than them.
My neighbor ballyragged me into selling my car at a low price.
Stop ballyragging your little brother; it is not funny.
ballyrag sb
The older kids ballyragged the new student.
大孩子们欺负了那个新生。
ballyrag sb into doing sth
常指通过欺负或恫吓迫使某人做某事。
He was ballyragged into quitting the team.
他被逼着退出了队伍。
ballyrag sb about sth
They ballyragged him about his accent.
他们拿他的口音欺负他。
Verb forms
base ballyrag · third person ballyrags · -ing ballyragging · past ballyragged · past participle ballyragged
非正式用语
Common mistakes
He ballyraged me yesterday.He ballyragged me yesterday.
过去式拼写错误：ballyrag 的过去式需要双写 g 再加 -ed，而不是只加一个 g。
He ballyragged on me for being late.He ballyragged me for being late.
及物动词用法错误：ballyrag 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 on。
Connections
Word family
- ballyrags
- third person singular
- ballyragged
- past, past participle
- ballyragging
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.