word-vault/dist/data/cards/bu/bug.json

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{
    "term": "bug",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "any small insect",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's a bug crawling up your arm."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an illness that is usually fairly mild but spreads easily from person to person",
            "labels": "(informal)(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a flu bug"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a stomach **bug going round** *(= people are catching it from each other)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I picked up a bug in the office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's off work with a flu bug."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["nasty", "flu", "stomach"],
                "verb + bug": ["have", "catch", "come down with"],
                "bug + verb": ["go around", "go round", "strike somebody down"],
                "preposition": ["with a/​the bug"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an enthusiastic interest in something such as a sport or a hobby",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's been bitten by the travel bug."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was never interested in fitness before but now **she's been bitten by the bug**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + bug": ["be bitten by", "catch", "get"],
                "bug + verb": ["bite (somebody)"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a fault in a machine, especially in a computer system or program",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The software is full of bugs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My computer's really slow at the moment—it must be some kind of bug."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["minor", "annoying", "computer"],
                "verb + bug": ["discover", "find", "fix"],
                "preposition": ["bug in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a small hidden device for listening to other people’s conversations",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They planted a bug in his hotel room."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌɡ/",
                "audio": "bu/bug/bug__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌɡ/",
                "audio": "bu/bug/bug__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: of unknown origin. Current verb senses date from the early 20th cent."
}