botheration

名词 n. 感叹词 intj.
/ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/    /ˌbɑðəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation. dated,humorous,often,uncountable
    — 1803, William Blake, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696, I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works …
  2. An act of bothering or annoying. countable,dated,humorous,often
  3. A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc. countable,dated,humorous,often
    — [...] the by-products and botherations that go with pleasures make it hardly worth it. Sex is supposedly life's greatest pleasure and look what it gives you.
感叹词 intj.
  1. A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother! dated,humorous,often
    — "Botheration ! Who cares ? Why don't you ask if [our ancestors] carried pocket-books ?"

词形变化

botherations plural

词源

词源 1
From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).
词源 2
From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).
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