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。
• A peevish child is unhappy and makes others unhappy.
  一个脾气暴躁的孩子自己不高兴也使别人不高兴。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter.
  到傍晚打喷嚏，一边拨着劈啪的火。
• 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。
• 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。
• It sounds peevish to say so, but if you can train your brain to think clearly, writing will become easier and what you produce will be better.
  这样说听起来有些矫情，但如果你能训练自己的大脑清晰地思考，写作会变得更加容易，你写出来的东西也会更棒。