peevish

英 [ˈpiːvɪʃ]

美 [ˈpiːvɪʃ]

adj.  爱生气的; 易怒的; 脾气坏的

GRE

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.
  1. Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...
     奥布里睡眠不足，这让他总是易怒。
  2. She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
     她低头瞪着我，一脸怒气。

英英释义

adj

• easily irritated or annoyed
  1. an incorrigibly fractious young man
  2. not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
  Synonym:crankyfractiousirritablenettlesomepeckishpettishpetulantscratchytestytetchytechy

双语例句

• Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.
  易于抱怨或发牢骚的，脾气坏的，暴躁的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Joseph!'cried a peevish voice, simultaneously with me, from the inner room.
  “约瑟夫！”从里屋传来的一个抱怨的声音跟我同时叫起来。
• 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！
• THE discussion of Mr. Collins's offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusion of her mother.
  关于柯林斯先生求婚问题的，讨论差不多就要结束了，现在伊丽莎白只感到一种照例难免的的不愉快，有时候还要听她母亲埋怨一两声。
• 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。
• I cannot speak Any beginning to this peevish odds;
  我说不出这场任性的争吵是怎麽开始的；
• 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。
• She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
  她低头瞪着我，一脸怒气。