| 词汇 | tetchiness |
| 释义 | tetchiness noun[ U ] uk /ˈtetʃ.i.nəs/ us /ˈtetʃ.i.nəs/ the quality of getting angry or annoyed very easily: 易怒暴躁的性情;情绪易波动的性格 Her tiredness had turned to tetchiness.她的疲倦变成了暴躁。 See tetchy When we met for our interview he was wary, rather rigid and given to tetchiness. The heatwaves of high summer raise any workplace tetchiness to fever pitch. His ensuing tetchiness at reporters led to a farcical conference. His tetchiness gives the impression that he is a man feeling the stress of his job as interim manager. It was a contrived display of unity which would barely mask the tetchiness and strains allegedly corroding the "special relationship". 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 stroppy surlily surliness testily testiness Examples of tetchinesstetchiness I am sorry that my tetchiness provokes such music-hall humour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is lovely to see him beaming again and recovered from that fit of tetchiness which alarmed us all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just occasionally tetchiness has broken out but never for long, and it has always been interesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has learned that a little more control of that "tetchiness" of his will get him a little further forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems that tetchiness is catching tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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