peevish
peevish 英 [ˈpi:vɪʃ] 美 [ˈpivɪʃ]
adj. 易怒的，暴躁的；带怒气的；撒娇的
- When you're peevish, you're easily irritated and grumpy. Everything seems to get under your skin.
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- adj. 易怒的，暴躁的；带怒气的；撒娇的
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1. 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。
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2. 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。
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3. Corrected, he became peevish and offered to arm-wrestlethe hostess to prove a point.
别人纠正他，他就说要跟女主人扳手腕，证明自己的厉害。
- peevish (adj.) late 14c., peyvesshe "perverse, capricious, silly," of uncertain origin; probably modeled on Latin perversus "reversed, perverse," past participle of pervertere "to turn about" (see pervert (v.)). Meaning "cross, fretful" first recorded 1520s. Related: Peevishly; peevishness.
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