Querulous
['kwerʊləs;'kwerjʊləs] or ['kwɛrələs]
解釋/意思:
(v.) Given to quarreling; quarrelsome.
(v.) Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
(v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice.
埃尔罗伊校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding.
校對:路易丝
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Quarrelsome, complaining, fretful, repining, discontented, dissatisfied,chiding, murmuring, whining, peevish, fastidious, irritable
ANT:Easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, contented, submissive, genial, complacent,cheerful, good-tempered
阿伊达整理
解釋/意思:
adj. complaining: discontented: quarrelsome.—adv. Quer′ulously.—n. Quer′ulousness.
哈伦校對
例句/造句/用法:
- There was no querulous complaining in the words, but they were not the less touching for that. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Her father was a little impatient, and a little querulous. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Phelps was still weak after his long illness, and his misfortune made him querulous and nervous. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He had found the old lady depressed and querulous. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I don't know,' replies Venus, who is a haggard melancholy man, speaking in a weak voice of querulous complaint, 'to what to attribute it, Mr Wegg. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But that period going by, she became querulous about the cold, and shivered and whimpered. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
哈伦校對