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

• 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。
• 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”。
• 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！
• She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
  她低头瞪着我，一脸怒气。
• The child is never peevish unless sick.
  这孩子只有在生病时才会闹别扭。
• 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 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。
• 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？