Irascible
[ɪ'ræsɪb(ə)l] or [ɪ'ræsəbl]
解释:
(a.) Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
录入:莱斯特
同义词及近义词:
a. Passionate, hasty, hot, irritable, touchy, testy, waspish, quick, snappish, splenetic, petulant, choleric, peppery, like tinder, like touchwood.
录入:玛丽
同义词及反义词:
[See HASTY_and_ANGRY]
格思里整理
解释:
adj. susceptible of ire or anger: easily provoked: irritable.—n. Irascibil′ity.—adv. Iras′cibly.
校对:奥利弗
例句:
- That hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit's fate. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But he was possessed of an irascible temper, and was naturally disputatious. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I am irascible. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The irascible Mr. Smallweed scratches the air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
校对:奥利弗