FRIGHTENEDsomething that makes people anxious or afraid 吓人的东西;妖怪
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bugaboo• One of the UnnamedMartyrshurries home while, out of sight, three club-clutching bugaboos lie doggo.• Without the Communistbugaboo, Dornan was exposed as the crackpot that he is.• Sounds like dangling that olelawsuitbugaboo.• Termite damage is one of the many bugaboos of owning a house.• The second hazard is that old bugaboo, moisture, encouraging mildewgrowth and eventualdecay.• Meanwhile, Theodore Roosevelt, the bugaboo of monopolists, had just been elected to a second term.