英：['pi:vɪʃlɪ]
美：[ˈpivɪʃlɪ]
peevishly如何读
peevishly是什么意思
- adv.暴躁地
peevishly词根
词根：peevish
adj.peevish 易怒的，暴躁的；带怒气的；撒娇的
peevishly英英释义
adjective
querulous in temperament or mood : fretful
perversely (see perverse sense 2b) obstinate
a peevish child
marked by ill temper
has a peevish, even spiteful, streak—Elizabeth Drew
peevishly词源英文解释
Middle English pevish spiteful
The first known use of peevish was in the 15th century
peevishly儿童词典英英释义
pelagenoun
the hairy covering of an animal
pekoenoun
a black tea made from small-sized tea leaves especially in India and Ceylon
pegmatitenoun
a grainy variety of granite that occurs in layers in rock
Peg-Boardtrademark
—used for material (as fiberboard) with evenly spaced holes into which hooks may be inserted for the storage or display of articles
peeweenoun
pewee
a tiny person or thing
peevishadjective
irritable
stubborn sense 1a
peevishadjective
irritable
stubborn sense 1a
peevishly 例句
1 “Well, mother goats don’t die of heartbreak the way we do,” I said peevishly.
2 The cold seemed to rouse her a little and she looked around peevishly, shivering.
3 Yesterday, the family who left us the inside of the not far cabin here acted peevishly and afterwards the things of inside was all thrown to come out.
昨天，离我们这里不远的小屋里的家人闹别扭了，后来里边的东西都被扔了出来。
4 “Yeah. I learned that being older isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be, a lesson I’m constantly learning every day at my age,” Hanks says, a little peevishly.
5 Still, a few minutes later, he was smacking his lips peevishly.
6 "But you are full, or you are out of food, or your wife is ill, or something else is amiss," I answered peevishly.
7 Why peevishly sweat the small stuff, when it is dwarfed by the magnitude of their contributions?
8 And like any 5-year old, Hrysha is peevish at times or complains about going to school.
9 When officers of conscience pointed out in a telegram to the Prime Minister the scale of the tragedy caused by his decisions, Mr Churchill's only response was to ask peevishly "Why hasn't Gandhi died yet?"
10 Sanctions were already an overused tool of foreign policy before President Trump this week peevishly signed into law a measure imposing new penalties on Russia, Iran and North Korea.
11 George W. Bush casually draped himself over the lectern in 2004 and peevishly quibbled on minor points.
12 Beckman, whose performance deepens appreciably by the show’s darkening end, peevishly gives us these asides but then regroups as Sabina, carrying on.
13 It wasn’t just men: a sixty-plus female publicist, who’d been in the business forever, was vocal in her sympathy, calling him “wonderful” and “generous,” as her younger colleagues frowned peevishly.
14 The morning was fresh and cool; I threw back the lattice, and presently the room filled with sweet scents from the garden; but Catherine called peevishly to me, 'Ellen, shut the window.
早上的空气是新鲜凉快的，我把窗户拉开，屋里立刻充满了从花园里来的甜甜的香气。
15 Bolsonaro, who swept to power in 2018 vowing to stamp out corruption, has yet to adequately explain the payments and reacted peevishly when asked about them on Sunday.
16 “Really, Francis,” Henry said, a trifle peevishly, “it’s all right. Sit down.”
17 "He called me boy," Joffrey said peevishly, sounding younger than his years.
18 Brian sighed peevishly.
布赖恩气恼地叹了口气。
19 " I've been sick, I told you, " he said, peevishly, almost resenting her excessive pity.
“ 我生了一场病, 我告诉过你了, " 他没好气地说, 对她的过分怜悯几乎产生了怨恨.
20 The tea, he realized peevishly, was the most delicious thing he had ever drunk.