| 单词 | pettish |
| 释义 | pettish adjective uk/ˈpet.ɪʃ/us/ˈpet̬.ɪʃ/showingangerandbehavingimpatiently,especiallyabout things that are not veryimportant: 任性的，易怒的Ifeltashamedat my pettishresentment.我为自己的任性易怒感到羞愧。 Bad-tempered
Examplesofpettishpettish My aunt gave this last a fewpettish, impatient moments of thought. FromProject Gutenberg She was a littlepettishabout it, poor woman! FromProject Gutenberg Suchpettishquibbling is utterly unworthy of your good sense and ordinary candor. FromProject Gutenberg Thepettishlook had passed from her face; so also had the world-wise expression. FromProject Gutenberg And she whirled off,pettish, provoked, leaving the poor little fellow in his nervous state, lost in a sort of half-conscious misery. FromProject Gutenberg I can't put in thepettishshoulder wiggle that goes with it, or make my voice behave like his did. FromProject Gutenberg She turns away with apettishgesture; then, after a lingering moment, he leaves her. FromProject Gutenberg These bursts of anguish were not the sudden gusts of apettishwoman's passion, but the settled sorrow of one who suffered without hope. FromProject Gutenberg I am afraid she is going to bepettish. FromProject Gutenberg The doctor turned away to his desk with thepettishgesture of a woman whose inner thoughts are not divined. FromProject Gutenberg Her demeanor till then had been marked by tolerance, a bitpettish. FromProject Gutenberg His insistence caused her to display more of herpettishresentment. FromProject Gutenberg He was a bitpettishwhen he snapped his check book shut. FromProject Gutenberg The prettiest of the bondmaids gave her braids apettishflirt. FromProject Gutenberg She had learned that long ago, and used it as a nurse does some old song to quiet herpettishinfant. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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