testy
testy 英 [ˈtesti] 美 [ˈtɛsti]
adj. 易怒的；暴躁的
名词复数:testies
- You might feel a bit testy before taking a test, but the words test and testy are unrelated. Feeling testy means being peeved, annoyed, or irritated.
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- adj. 易怒的；暴躁的
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1. Obviously, it is a testy situation there.
那里的局势显然是紧张的。
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2. She promised to turn a "new page" in the testy relationship by broadening its focus beyond security issues.
她保证，将通过关注安全问题而为两国剑拔弩张的关系翻开“新的一页”。
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3. He grew testy when quizzed about his methods and forbade investors from discussing their conversations with him.
当被问及投资诀窍时他就变得暴躁起来，而且他还禁止投资者与其讨论他们之间的商谈。
- testy (adj.) early 15c., "impetuous, rash," altered from Middle English testif "headstrong" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French testif, Old French testu (Modern French têtu) "stubborn, headstrong, obstinate," literally "heady," from teste "head" (see tete). Meaning "easily irritated, irascible" is first recorded 1520s. Related: Testily; testiness.
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