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

• This was a whole different emotional tone, more peevish but less selfish.
  这种心境与以前完全不同，更加的倔强，却少了自私。
• 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”。
• Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter.
  到傍晚打喷嚏，一边拨着劈啪的火。
• 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。
• Do say you will. I think I should not be peevish with you: you'd not provoke me, and you'd always be ready to help me, wouldn't you? '
  我想我一定不会跟你发脾气，你是不会惹我生气的，而且你总是想帮助我的，不是吗？
• The child is never peevish unless sick.
  这孩子只有在生病时才会闹别扭。
• She reported him to be an ailing, peevish creature.
  她报告说他是一个多病的任性的东西。
• 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。
• 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。