Irritable
['ɪrɪtəb(ə)l] or ['ɪrɪtəbl]
解释:
(a.) Capable of being irriated.
(a.) Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
(a.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
(a.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
编辑:厄休拉
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Irascible, fretful, testy, touchy, peevish, pettish, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, captious, petulant, excitable, hot, peppery, passionate, fiery.[2]. Susceptible (to the influence of a stimulus).
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同义词及反义词：
[See HASTY]
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例句:
- How subtle her influence was, she seemed to start his irritable attention into her direction exclusively, in one minute. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- She is not often so inconsiderate, so irritable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I found her a furrowed, grey-haired woman, grave with solitude, stern with long affliction, irritable also, and perhaps exacting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Perhaps his temper is irritable at times. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Why, you said just now his was worse than mine, said Fred, more irritable than usual. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- If the excited and irritable populace knew I was here, I should be torn to pieces. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- You make me so irritable, sleeping there peacefully when you know perfectly well that the world is filled with sorrow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Irritable he was; one heard thatas he apostrophized with vehemence the awkward squad under his orders. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The tall, thin man in his crumpled clothes was unnerved and irritable as a boy, finding himself on the brink of this social function. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He was irritable to madness, he could not rest, his daughters seemed to be destroying him. 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.
- Papa has been more irritable lately. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Country practitioners used to be an irritable species, susceptible on the point of honor; and Mr. Wrench was one of the most irritable among them. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Will could not say just what he thought, but he became irritable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I have been out of order lately, and I am afraid I am a little irritable. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He became insanely irritable, with moods of inaction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was always nervous and irritable before action. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He was a Franciscan of Oxford, and a very typical Englishman indeed, irritable, hasty, honest, and shrewd. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was irritable, and she was spirited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Were you unusually restless and irritable? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- In Birkin's face was a little irritable tension, a sharp knitting of the brows, keen and difficult. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- But she is so irritable and of such a barbarousness that I do not know if she will do it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- His drinking continued, about which we sometimes quarrelled; for, when a little intoxicated, he was very irritable. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Mr. Wrench, generally abstemious, often drank wine rather freely at a party, getting the more irritable in consequence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- My temper is irritable at times too. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I feel strongly on this subject, sir,' said the irritable old gentleman, drawing off his gloves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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