booger

IPA/ˈbʊɡə(r)/
IPA/ˈbʊɡər/

booger — 名詞

  • boogersingular
  • boogersplural

1. A small hardened lump of mucus that forms inside the nose, usually removed by pi

1.名詞B2
釋義

鼻屎

鼻腔內乾燥的黏液塊

A small hardened lump of mucus that forms inside the nose, usually removed by picking or blowing.

例句

Talia wiped a booger on a tissue and tossed it into the bin.

Talia 把鼻屎擦在衛生紙上，扔進了垃圾桶。

collocation: wipe a booger

The toddler picked a booger from his nose while sitting in the shopping cart.

那個學步小孩坐在購物推車裡，從鼻孔挖出了一塊鼻屎。

collocation: pick a booger from (nose)

常見搭配
  • pick a booger
  • wipe a booger
  • dried booger
  • flick a booger
  • blow a booger out
同義詞
  • bogey

    British English equivalent; same register and meaning

  • snot

    Refers to wet, liquid nasal mucus, not the dried solid form

文法句型

booger + (in/from nose)

用法筆記

Refers specifically to solid, dried mucus. For wet nasal mucus, use 'snot' instead. The word is informal and mainly used in American English; British speakers more commonly say 'bogey.'

常見錯誤

I have a runny booger.
I have a runny nose.
'booger' refers to solid, dried pieces; wet nasal discharge is 'snot' or simply a 'runny nose.'
He coughed up a booger.
He coughed up phlegm.
'booger' comes from the nose; thick mucus from the throat or lungs is 'phlegm.'

2. An imaginary frightening creature that adults describe to children to scare them

2.名詞C1
釋義

嚇童鬼怪

大人用來嚇小孩聽話的想像怪物

An imaginary frightening creature that adults describe to children to scare them into behaving — a regional variant of bogeyman.

例句

Brian told his daughter that the booger would come if she refused to brush her teeth.

Brian 告訴女兒，如果她不乖乖刷牙，鬼怪就會來找她。

pattern: the booger + will come + if-clause

"The booger hides under your bed at night," Arjun teased his younger cousin.

「鬼怪晚上躲在你床底下喔，」Arjun 逗弄著年幼的表弟。

collocation: the booger hides

常見搭配
  • the booger will get you
  • stories about the booger
  • scare (someone) with the booger
  • believe in the booger
同義詞
  • bogeyman

    The full, more widely recognised form of the same word

  • boogeyman

    Alternative spelling; same meaning and register

  • bugbear

    Old-fashioned British term for a source of fear or anxiety, less specifically a child-frightening monster

文法句型

the booger + (will get/come for) + someone

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1 (DRIED NASAL MUCUS): this sense is a dialectal shortening of 'bogeyman' and is mainly heard in parts of the American South and Midwest. It is always countable and often appears with 'the.'

常見錯誤

There is a booger in my nose.' (when meaning the monster)
Use sense 1 for nasal mucus and sense 2 for the imaginary creature
context must make the intended meaning clear.

同根字

常見搭配

介系詞搭配

  • booger in (one's nose)
  • booger from (one's nose)