Fretful
['fretfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['frɛtfəl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Peevish, petulant, touchy, testy, snappish, waspish, pettish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored.
校對:齐利格
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Irritable, fractious, peevish, impatient, petulant, waspish
ANT:Patient, forbearing, contented, meek, resigned, unmurmuring
錄入:丽莎
例句/造句/用法:
- I don't know what you DO mean, said Mrs. Peniston, with a frightened quiver in her small fretful voice. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, I have looked over it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The gleaming blondness of his strange, imminent being put the father into a fever of fretful irritation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If only Birkin would form a close and abiding connection with her, she would be safe during this fretful voyage of life. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 科學通論.
- This both I and Mr. Dundas took pains to impress on his mind; but the peevish, fretful creature refused to hear reason. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- You, who had seen all the fretful selfishness of my latter days; who had known all the murmurings of my heart! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I am quite a fretful porcupine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He was so very fretful and exasperated. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He absolutely whined and whimpered at last like a fretful child. 威爾基·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? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
錄入:丽莎