peevish
英 [ˈpiːvɪʃ]
美 [ˈpiːvɪʃ]
adj. 爱生气的; 易怒的; 脾气坏的
BNC.35624 / COCA.31218
牛津词典
adj.
- 爱生气的;易怒的;脾气坏的
easily annoyed by unimportant things; bad-tempered
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;脾气坏的
Someone who ispeevishis bad-tempered.- Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...
奥布里睡眠不足,这让他总是易怒。 - She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
她低头瞪着我,一脸怒气。
- Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...
英英释义
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
双语例句
- He was assailed by a fancy FOR peevish familiarity, common enough to doctors and priests, but which was not habitual with him.
他在反感中突然起了一种想对人亲切的心情,那种心情在医生和神甫中是常见的,在他说来却是绝无仅有的。 - After peevish [ 2] years cast as China's underperforming neighbour, the huntress is now in hot pursuit.
印度“捕猎者”中国的近邻,多年来一直不佳,心情急躁,如今正奋起直追。 - The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent.
这个病人对牧场主的态度,正如一个倔强乖张的小孩儿对待溺爱的父母。 - She's always fretful and peevish like this, so just leave her alone.
她动不动就闹小性儿,让她闹去,甭理她。 - I then quitted her again, and she drew the bolt in one of her worst, most peevish humours.
然后我又离开了她,她在一种最坏的、最乖张的心情中上了门闩。 - David Axelrod, the Obama campaign manager, called him "peevish"; another official opted for "irascible".
奥巴马竞选经理戴维艾克斯罗德(davidaxelrod)说麦凯恩“易怒”,还有一位官员说他“爱发脾气”。 - Injustice had made her peevish, and misery had made her ugly.
待遇的不平使她性躁,生活的艰苦使她变丑。 - She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
她低头瞪着我,一脸怒气。 - I cannot speak any beginning to this peevish odds; and would in action glorious I had lost those legs that brought me to a part of it!
我说不出这场任性的争吵是怎麽开始的;只怪我这双腿不曾在光荣的战阵上失去,那麽我也不会踏进这种是非中间了! - Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish
奥布里睡眠不足,这让他总是易怒。