peevish

英 ['piːvɪʃ] 美['pivɪʃ]
  • adj. 易怒的,暴躁的;带怒气的;撒娇的
近义词 fretful cross petulant

GRE 畅通词汇

英英释义


1. easily irritated or annoyed;
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

实用场景例句


She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
她低头瞪着我,一脸怒气。

柯林斯例句

Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish.
奥布里睡眠不足,这让他总是易怒。

辞典例句

They were opionative, peevish, covetous, porase, vain, talkative.
他们固执 、 暴躁 、 贪婪 、 乖僻 、 虚荣, 多嘴.

辞典例句

They were peevish , crusty, silent, eying nothing in particular and moving their feet.
他们乖戾 、 执拗 、 沉默, 眼睛不知在看着什么,两脚一直动个不停.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

Injustice had made her peevish , and misery had made her ugly.
待遇的不平使她性躁, 生活的艰苦使她变丑.

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Prithee , darlingmost! - court me rather than the peevish prolix.
我请求你, 我的最爱! 追求我,毋宁倔强的冗说.

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She was peevish when she said that.
她说那个的时候是在撒娇.

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Unreasonably irritable or ill - tempered; peevish.
脾气暴躁的深色蜜蜂, 大概原产于德国.

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Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter.
到傍晚打喷嚏, 一边拨着劈啪的火.

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Not to be peevish, or morose, or suspicious.
不暴躁, 发楞, 或多疑.

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The child is never peevish unless sick.
这孩子只有在生病时才会闹别扭.

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We don't want to live with peevish person.
我们不愿意和脾气暴躁的人生活.

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He has grown peevish and fallen off from what he used to be.
他变得性情乖张,脾气暴躁,不似以前那么随和.

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中文词源


peevish 生气的,易怒的

词源不详,可能来自perverse受-ish影响的俗化形式,词义由“任性的,无理取闹的”引申为生气的,易怒的等。

助记提示


peevish------"劈为尸"------"劈为尸体"------暴躁的
像李逵、张飞这种暴躁、易怒的人千万不要惹他,动不动不就把你劈为尸体,所以李逵、张飞他们手下的人可不好混啊,个个都是胆战心惊的,你看那张飞,他的手下最后实在是受不了了,最后趁张飞喝醉后,将他干掉了。

双语例句


1. She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
她低头瞪着我,一脸怒气。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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.

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3. Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish.
奥布里睡眠不足,这让他总是易怒。

来自辞典例句

4. 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.

来自辞典例句

5. They were opionative, peevish, covetous, porase, vain, talkative.
他们固执 、 暴躁 、 贪婪 、 乖僻 、 虚荣, 多嘴.

来自辞典例句

英文词源


peevish (adj.)
late 14c., peyvesshe "perverse, capricious, silly," of uncertain origin, possibly 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.

词态变化


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