peevish
英 [ˈpiːvɪʃ]
美 [ˈpiːvɪʃ]
adj. 爱生气的; 易怒的; 脾气坏的
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.- Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...
奥布里睡眠不足，这让他总是易怒。 - She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
她低头瞪着我，一脸怒气。
- Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...
英英释义
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
双语例句
- It sounds peevish to say so, but if you can train your brain to think clearly, writing will become easier and what you produce will be better.
这样说听起来有些矫情，但如果你能训练自己的大脑清晰地思考，写作会变得更加容易，你写出来的东西也会更棒。 - 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。 - I cannot speak Any beginning to this peevish odds;
我说不出这场任性的争吵是怎麽开始的； - Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter.
到傍晚打喷嚏，一边拨着劈啪的火。 - 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！ - 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。 - Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.
易于抱怨或发牢骚的，脾气坏的，暴躁的。 - 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”。 - 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？ - 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。