词汇 | snappishly |
释义 | snappishly adverb uk /ˈsnæp.ɪʃ.li/ us /ˈsnæp.ɪʃ.li/ angrily, or in a way that shows you are easily annoyed: 易怒地,脾气暴躁地 "Of course I know what I'm doing!" she said, snappishly.“我当然知道自己在做什么!” 她没好气地说。 "That is your business," she answered, quite snappishly.“那是你的事,”她答道,语气颇为不快。 See snappish "We should never jump to conclusions," said the Chef snappishly. When newspapers question him, he snappishly says they need to "Grow up." She smiles politely as voter after voter hangs up, or snappishly refuses to answer questions. 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 pettish pettishly petulance petulancy petulant surlily surliness testily testiness testy Examples of snappishlysnappishly The commander exclaimed snappishly that he could not see his visitor's drift. From Project Gutenberg He returned the salute snappishly and glared at them sternly. From Project Gutenberg I tried to draw her into talk, but she twirled her fingers and replied snappishly in monosyllables. From Project Gutenberg To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. From Project Gutenberg Irritated, he answered her snappishly. From Project Gutenberg It was this, in all probabilities, that made her speak snappishly to people who came to trade in the store or avail themselves of the post-office. From Project Gutenberg 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. |
随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。