| 词汇 | peevish |
| 释义 | peevish adjective uk /ˈpiː.vɪʃ/ us /ˈpiː.vɪʃ/ easily annoyed: 易怒的，暴躁的 a peevish, bad-tempered person一个易怒的、坏脾气的人 Synonyms cranky(BAD-TEMPERED)mainly USinformal fractious irritable petulantdisapproving testy tetchy Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchiness grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy pettishly petulance petulancy petulant petulantly surlily surliness testily testiness testy Related wordpeevishly Examples of peevishpeevish In this play-acting scenario, both parties exaggerate and flatten each other into caricatures in the course of an irritable and peevish exchange. Nearly half of the 75,493 troops were thus poorly trained, inexperienced, and peevish conscripts. Well, he was wrong—as he frequently was —because, with the exception of a small, peevish minority, we all know very well what we want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the answer we have been given was a little peevish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the word "peevish" was rather unfortunate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not uttered these remarks in any peevish spirit, but simply in the hope that some of these grievances may receive attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing like the firm smack of peevish government! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was peevish when he was interrupted, although most of us have to submit to interruption and try to do so without losing our equilibrium. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But now, he seems to have been dropped from the side, and, naturally, having been left out of the first eleven, he has become a little peevish and restless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And all of them are peevish, whingeing statements of the obvious, not one of which is bold enough to get to the heart of the matter. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I agree with some of the points he made, but in other parts of his speech it seemed to me that he was taking a somewhat narrow and peevish view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The speech had a sort of peevish ring which, on an issue of the transcendent importance of this one, seem to me to be extremely unfortunate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My recollection of housing meetings, albeit in a rural district council, when once or twice we had to consider rent increases, is that councillors became rather sour, peevish and bad-tempered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wear and tear upon their nerves and their muscles, and the loss of sleep make them peevish and fretful. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word "peevish", meaning ornery or ill-tempered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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