英:['testɪlɪ]
美:['testɪlɪ]
英:['testɪlɪ]
美:['testɪlɪ]
词根:testy
adj.testy 易怒的;暴躁的
n.testiness 易怒,暴躁;不耐烦
Adverb
1. in a petulant manner;
"he said testily; `Go away!'"
Middle English testif, from Anglo-French, headstrong, from teste head — more at tester >entry 2
The first known use of testy was in 1523
tetherballnoun
a game played with a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole in which the object is to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to that of one's opponent
tether1 of 2noun
a line by which something (as an animal or a balloon) is fastened so as to limit its range
tether2 of 2verb
to fasten or hold with or as if with a tether
felt tethered to my desk
tetanusnoun
a dangerous infectious disease marked by contraction of the muscles especially of the jaws and caused by a poison made by a bacterium that usually enters the body through a wound compare lockjaw
contraction of a muscle for a much longer time than normal that results from rapidly repeated motor nerve impulses
testyadjective
easily annoyed : irritable
testosteronenoun
a male hormone produced by the testes that causes the development of the male reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics
testisnoun
an oval-shaped male reproductive gland that produces sperm and secretes testosterone and that in most mammals is contained within the scrotum
testyadjective
easily annoyed : irritable
testimonynoun
firsthand evidence
according to the testimony of eyewitnesses
a statement made by a witness under oath especially in a court
a public declaration of religious experience
testimonial1 of 2adjective
being a testimonial
testimonial2 of 2noun
a recommendation of a product or service
a letter of recommendation
something given or said to show affection or respect : tribute
testyadjective
easily annoyed : irritable
1 “If I can’t be safe among my own kind, where can I be?” he had once said testily.
2 Stories that mention Brown have always infuriated Harris; when I asked her campaign about him, a spokesperson testily referred me to statements that she made sixteen years ago.
3 “It’s not complicated,” she says testily when I ask for directions.
4 "The blood of the dragon does not weep," she said testily.
5 He testily sparred with a shareholder lawyer, Nicholas Porritt, who had raised his ire earlier in the trial.
6 You can testily point out they are making extra work for you.
7 He reacted testily to reports that he'd opposed military involvement.
有报道称他反对军队参与,对此他很是恼火。
8 Ms. Warren and Mr. Buttigieg, who are fighting for supremacy here, testily traded barbs over wealth and transparency, issues that both candidates have increasingly put front and center at campaign stops here.
9 But as Bram launched into his first point, de Wet interjected somewhat testily, “I thought I made my attitude clear. I accept that no decision or date was fixed upon for guerrilla warfare.”
10 Dr. Vinson suspected the boy was diagnosed with O.D.D. partly because he had reacted testily to the other clinician during examination.
11 “I like that I can create drama without giving anything away” is how the testily cryptic Mr. Naharin recently explained the title of “Last Work,” which he doesn’t intend to be his final opus.
12 “I did allow your study to come to this hospital,” Charles testily responds.
13 “Fine, fine, you may pass,” the god said testily.
14 "Some people say, 'I could see the ending coming,'" says the director, more than a little testily.
15 "We've been thinking about all sorts of things, and then we can't remember what we were thinking about," singer Robert Plant said testily.
16 “It is how they regard themselves as well,” she said testily.
17 He testily advised him “to leave the predictions of Cassandra and the wailings of Jeremiah backstage.”
18 "I will continue the struggle for a free and equal South Africa!" she exclaims testily, violins really hitting their stride now.
19 “Seshadri’s poems are testily smart, often funny, conceptually intricate and so chock-full of irony that it’s hard to avoid making a pun here involving magnets or multivitamins,” David Orr writes in his review.
20 Bob, Stan and Edsel take a meeting in the Oval Office with JFK, played by Bill Burr as the testiest JFK imaginable.
2 暴躁
fiery irritable cranky ill touchy petulant ratty hot-tempered short-tempered snippy snappish tetchy testy humorsome peevishly fretfully grumpily snappily tetchily temper irritability edginess petulance testiness snappiness biliousness aggressive passionate explosive waspish waspishly touchily touchiness tetchiness waspishness
3 没耐性