Irritable
['ɪrɪtəb(ə)l] or ['ɪrɪtəbl]
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:厄休拉
同義詞及近義詞：
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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同義詞及反義詞：
[See HASTY]
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例句/造句/用法:
- How subtle her influence was, she seemed to start his irritable attention into her direction exclusively, in one minute. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She is not often so inconsiderate, so irritable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- 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. 維萊特.
- Perhaps his temper is irritable at times. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Why, you said just now his was worse than mine, said Fred, more irritable than usual. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- If the excited and irritable populace knew I was here, I should be torn to pieces. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- You make me so irritable, sleeping there peacefully when you know perfectly well that the world is filled with sorrow. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 維萊特.
- The tall, thin man in his crumpled clothes was unnerved and irritable as a boy, finding himself on the brink of this social function. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He was irritable to madness, he could not rest, his daughters seemed to be destroying him. 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.
- Papa has been more irritable lately. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- 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. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Will could not say just what he thought, but he became irritable. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I have been out of order lately, and I am afraid I am a little irritable. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He became insanely irritable, with moods of inaction. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He was always nervous and irritable before action. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He was a Franciscan of Oxford, and a very typical Englishman indeed, irritable, hasty, honest, and shrewd. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He was irritable, and she was spirited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Were you unusually restless and irritable? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In Birkin's face was a little irritable tension, a sharp knitting of the brows, keen and difficult. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But she is so irritable and of such a barbarousness that I do not know if she will do it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- His drinking continued, about which we sometimes quarrelled; for, when a little intoxicated, he was very irritable. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Mr. Wrench, generally abstemious, often drank wine rather freely at a party, getting the more irritable in consequence. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- My temper is irritable at times too. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I feel strongly on this subject, sir,' said the irritable old gentleman, drawing off his gloves. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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