testy

英 [ˈtesti]

美 [ˈtesti]

adj.  易怒的; 暴躁的

GRE

BNC.35482

牛津词典

adj.

• 易怒的；暴躁的
  easily annoyed or irritated

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 急躁的;没耐心的;易怒的
  If you describe someone astesty, you mean that they easily become impatient or angry.
  1. Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
     上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。

英英释义

adj

• easily irritated or annoyed
  1. an incorrigibly fractious young man
  2. not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
  Synonym:crankyfractiousirritablenettlesomepeevishpeckishpettishpetulantscratchytetchytechy

双语例句

• Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
  上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。
• There was even a testy exchange when I called the headquarters of a Maine shoemaker to ask where its shoes were made.
  在给缅因州鞋厂的总部打电话，问他们的鞋是在哪儿做的时甚至还发生了点不愉快。
• Jack Pan: Who influenced you in your art testy?
  潘杰客：你的艺术品味受到谁的影响？
• The only downside is relations with partners and close friends are testy, especially this week.
  唯一的不如意是你与伙伴以及好朋友的关系，这周会有点考验。
• Her reply was rather testy.
  她的答复相当不耐烦。
• You can see he got a little testy there about the skin issue.
  你可以看得出他在皮肤的问题上有点易怒。
• I can't see that the remark as reported here is actually all that extreme, but apparently it does come across as quite blunt and even a little testy in Chinese.
  我看不出来这里提到的言辞真的有多么极端，但是很明显，给中国人的印象的确是没有转弯抹角甚至是不耐烦的。
• Bingo people get a little testy.
  宾果会让人有点暴躁。
• Relations with siblings might be testy.
  与兄弟姐妹的关系会受到考验。
• As the Economist went to press, a testy court battle in America between the firm and Samsung over various patents connected with smartphones and tablet computers was drawing to a close.
  随着本期《经济学人》的发行，苹果和三星关于智能手机和平板电脑的多种专利之争也接近尾声。