testy

英 [ˈtesti]

美 [ˈtesti]

adj.  易怒的; 暴躁的

GRE

BNC.35482

牛津词典

adj.

• 易怒的；暴躁的
  easily annoyed or irritated

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 急躁的;没耐心的;易怒的
  If you describe someone astesty, you mean that they easily become impatient or angry.
  1. Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
     上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• Her reply was rather testy.
  她的答复相当不耐烦。
• I know a little place where serve fine roast lamb and beef, very testy and very juicy!
  我知道一处小馆有非常正点的烤羊肉和烤牛肉，极其美味多汁！
• A friendly warning: If I find sales are lagging, I get testy and lock the exits.
  友情提示，如果我发现销量上不去将会很生气，并把出口锁上。
• Testy comments about their leader.
  关于他们领袖的不耐烦的评论。
• I can't see that the remark as reported here is actually all that extreme, but apparently it does come across as quite blunt and even a little testy in Chinese.
  我看不出来这里提到的言辞真的有多么极端，但是很明显，给中国人的印象的确是没有转弯抹角甚至是不耐烦的。
• So lately he's been a little testy.
  因此他最近比较有点情绪浮躁。
• Relationships can be very testy if there are problems that have been avoided in the past.
  如果在过去有被回避的问题，这些问题将会再次出现，而你的关系将会面临考验。
• A testy cabdriver; a testy refusal to help.
  暴躁的出租车司机；粗暴地拒绝帮助。
• There was even a testy exchange when I called the headquarters of a Maine shoemaker to ask where its shoes were made.
  在给缅因州鞋厂的总部打电话，问他们的鞋是在哪儿做的时甚至还发生了点不愉快。
• Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
  上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。