gadfly

• n.[クイン]ガマバエ;厄介者

gad、刺、尖った棒から。ハエ、昆虫。

gadfly

gadfly: see yard

gadfly (n.)

also gad-fly, 1620s, "fly which bites cattle," probably from gad (n.) "goad, metal rod," here in the sense of "stinger;" but the sense is entangled with gad (v.) "rove about" (on the notion, perhaps, of the insect's power of flight or of the restlessness of animals plagued by them), and another early meaning of gadfly was "someone who likes to go about, often stopping here and there" (1610s). Sense of "one who irritates another" is from 1640s (equivalent of Latin oestrus; see estrus). "In strictness, only the females are gadflies, the males being smaller and quite inoffensive, living on juices of plants" [Century Dictionary]. Earlier bot-fly, from bot "skin parasite" (late 15c.).

1. It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.

ブキャナンが意図的に撹拌しているだけなのか、それとも大統領にとって真の脅威なのか、まだ観察が必要だ。

2.Gemma thought Gadfly was Arthur,but she could not make sure.

ジョマはアブがアーサーだと感じているが、確定できない。

3.One guy said he 'd like to be a gadfly ，like Socrates.

アブになりたい、ソクラテスのようにという男性。

4.Maybe Arthur had been a truly gadfly ，flying happily in the sky.

もしかしたら、アーサーは本当にアブのままになって、自由に楽しく空を飛んでいるかもしれない。

5.After 13 years,an ugly man called Gadfly returned to Italy.

13年後、醜いアブという人がイタリアに帰ってきた。