peevish

peevish是源自中古英語的形容詞，主要含義為"易被激怒或惱怒的"。該詞可描述因瑣事而煩躁的性格特徵，如"peevish reply"（惱怒的回答）。其派生形式包括副詞peevishly（易怒地）和名詞peevishness（易怒）。在詞義演變中，peevish逐漸擴展出"愛發牢騷的、易怒的"等語境含義。與同義詞snappish、irritable存在細微情感差異。

基本介紹

• 詞性：形容詞    
• 發音：/ˈpiːviʃ/   
• 近義詞：irritable   
• 反義詞：good-natured   
• 派生詞：peevishly     
• 詞源：中古英語pevysh 

基本釋義

1. 易怒的，脾氣暴躁的
2. 常用於描述因小事而煩躁的情緒，如例句："He gave a peevish glance when interrupted."（被打斷時他惱怒地看了一眼）
3. 愛抱怨的，牢騷的
4. 用於表達易怒或脾氣壞的狀態，如："the peevish noise of traffic"（嘈雜刺耳的交通噪音）

詞形變化與派生

• 副詞：peevishly（易怒地）
• 例句："She answered peevishly when questioned."（被質問時她惱怒地回答）

名詞：peevishness（易怒）

• 例句："His peevishness made teamwork difficult."（他的易怒性格使團隊合作困難）

同義詞辨析

• irritable：強調易被刺激的生理或心理狀態
• peevish：更多指易怒的或脾氣壞的
• peevish：側重突然爆發的暴躁反應

詞源演變

源於14世紀中古英語"pevysh"，最初可能模仿不滿的哼聲演變而來。詞源演變過程中，語義從'愚蠢的'逐漸轉變為"易激怒的"。

實用例句

1. "The constant noise made him increasingly peevish."（持續的噪音使他愈發煩躁）
2. "A peevish toddler refused to eat breakfast."（發脾氣的幼兒拒絕吃早餐）
3. "Her peevish criticism alienated colleagues."（她刻薄的批評疏遠了同事）

雙語例句

• So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. 所以沒過多久，在去底特律公共圖書館的路上，就有兩個脾氣暴躁的男孩坐在她那輛1959年產的白色奧茲莫比爾汽車上
• Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish. 奧布里睡眠不足，這讓他總是易怒。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face. 她低頭瞪著我，一臉怒氣。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• I have a peevish brother. 我有一個脾氣暴躁的弟弟。
• She was peevish when she said that. 她說那個的時候是在撒嬌。
• He becomes peevish and refuses to eat. 他變得易怒了，而且還不吃東西。
• She reported him to be an ailing, peevish creature. 她報告說他是一個多病的任性的東西。
• A peevish child is unhappy and makes others unhappy. 一個脾氣暴躁的孩子自己不高興也使別人不高興。
• He gave them far more reason to be peevish, after all. 畢竟，他給了他們太多可以發怒的理由了。
• This was a whole different emotional tone , more peevish but less selfish. 這種心境與以前完全不同，更加的倔強，卻少了自私。
• He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse. 他接過我的馬時，別彆扭扭地不高興地低聲自言自語著。
• I then quitted her again, and she drew the bolt in one of her worst, most peevish humours. 然後我又離開了她，她在一種最壞的、最乖張的心情中上了門閂。
• Come over, you peevish girl! "said my husband walking out into the yard with a blow dryer." “過來！壞脾氣妞！”說話的當兒，丈夫已拿著電吹風從房裡走出來。
• The night-hawk, wheeling about in the highest regions of the air, emitted his peevish, boding cry. 夜鷹一邊在空中最高處盤旋，一邊發出帶著怒氣的不祥叫聲。
• I do not say that the pain of death is nothing compared to the pain of sharing a coffeepot with a peevish woman. 我不是說，死亡的痛苦與跟一個脾氣暴躁的女人分享咖啡壺裡的咖啡相比較有什麼關係的。
• Yes--very foolish: as if I took notice! ' replied Catherine in a peevish tone. 'And where is the sense of that?' “是的，很傻氣，好像我會注意似的！”凱瑟琳回答，怨聲怨氣的。“那又有什麼意思呢？”
• He was assailed by a fancy FOR peevish familiarity, common enough to doctors and priests, but which was not habitual with him. 他在反感中突然起了一種想對人親切的心情，那種心情在醫生和神甫中是常見的，在他說來卻是絕無僅有的。
• Do say you will. I think I should not be peevish with you: you'd not provoke me, and you'd always be ready to help me, wouldn't you?' 我想我一定不會跟你發脾氣，你是不會惹我生氣的，而且你總是想幫助我的，不是嗎？