tetchy

英 ['tetʃɪ] 美['tɛtʃi]
  • adj. 易怒的,不和悦的;暴躁的

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


He was in a particularly tetchy mood yesterday.
昨天他脾气特别不好。

柯林斯例句

You always get tetchy when you're hungry.
你一饿的时候火气就大。

柯林斯例句

She can be a bit tetchy but her bark is worse than her bite.
她脾气可能有点暴躁,但她是刀子嘴,豆腐心。

柯林斯例句

But relations between America and Britain in Afghanistan have been tetchy.
但美英在阿富汗的关系说变就变.

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There's no need to be so tetchy ( with me )!
何必 ( 跟我 ) 那麽着急!

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There's no need to be so tetchy!
何必那么着急!

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中文词源


tetchy 易怒的

词源不详,可能来自中古英语 tatch,斑点,标签,记号,来自古英语 tacen,记号,词源同 token. 插入字母 t,比较 bake,batch.词义受 touchy 影响。

双语例句


1. He was in a particularly tetchy mood yesterday.
昨天他脾气特别不好。

来自柯林斯例句

2. You always get tetchy when you're hungry.
你一饿的时候火气就大。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She can be a bit tetchy but her bark is worse than her bite.
她脾气可能有点暴躁,但她是刀子嘴,豆腐心。

来自柯林斯例句

4. But relations between America and Britain in Afghanistan have been tetchy.
但美英在阿富汗的关系说变就变.

来自互联网

5. There's no need to be so tetchy ( with me )!
何必 ( 跟我 ) 那麽着急!

来自互联网

英文词源


tetchy (adj.)
"easily irritated," 1592, teachie, in "Romeo & Juliet" I.iii.32; of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English tatch "a mark, quality," derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *tecca, from a Germanic source akin to Old English tacen (see token).

词态变化


比较级: tetchier;最高级: tetchiest;副词: tetchily;