Fretful
['fretfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['frɛtfəl]
解释:
(a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.
艾米编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. Peevish, petulant, touchy, testy, snappish, waspish, pettish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored.
校对:齐利格
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Irritable, fractious, peevish, impatient, petulant, waspish
ANT:Patient, forbearing, contented, meek, resigned, unmurmuring
录入:丽莎
例句:
- I don't know what you DO mean, said Mrs. Peniston, with a frightened quiver in her small fretful voice. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, I have looked over it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The gleaming blondness of his strange, imminent being put the father into a fever of fretful irritation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- If only Birkin would form a close and abiding connection with her, she would be safe during this fretful voyage of life. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Those who have used such preparations freely, know that a child usually becomes fretful and irritable between doses, and can be quieted only by larger and more frequent supplies. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- This both I and Mr. Dundas took pains to impress on his mind; but the peevish, fretful creature refused to hear reason. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- You, who had seen all the fretful selfishness of my latter days; who had known all the murmurings of my heart! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- I am quite a fretful porcupine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He was so very fretful and exasperated. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He absolutely whined and whimpered at last like a fretful child. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Why, good gracious me, Miss Summerson, she returned, justifying herself in a fretful but not angry manner, how can it be otherwise? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
录入:丽莎