an animal with short legs, wide feet with long claws, and strong jaws, that lives underground and comes out to feed at night. There are six main types of badger. Most have narrow faces, heads with light and dark hair, and brown or grey hair on their bodies.

The owl's predators include hawks, larger owls, snakes, and badgers.

We saw a fairly large black creature with a streak of white - a badger.

to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly

Stop badgering me - I'll do it when I'm ready. 别再烦我了——我准备好后会做的。

[ + into + -ing verb ] She's been badgering me into doing some exercise. 她一直劝我做做运动。

[ + to infinitive ] Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets. 每次去商店，孩子们总是缠着我给他们买些糖果。