irascible

英 [ɪˈræsəbl]

美 [ɪˈræsəbl]

adj.  易怒的; 暴躁的

GRETEM8

BNC.24300 / COCA.24370

牛津词典

adj.

• 易怒的；暴躁的
  becoming angry very easily

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;性情暴躁的
  If you describe someone asirascible, you mean that they become angry very easily.
  1. He had an irascible temper.
     他脾气暴躁。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by anger
  1. a choleric outburst
  2. an irascible response
  Synonym:choleric
• quickly aroused to anger
  1. a hotheaded commander
  Synonym:cholerichotheadedhot-temperedquick-temperedshort-tempered

双语例句

• A crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas. The greater the challenge, the more difficult it is to find people who can handle it with confidence.
  一个脾气暴躁并且很难应付的老人。挑战越大，能从容应付的人也就越难求。
• The witty storyteller who could charm an audience alternated with the irascible loner who alienated many of his allies.
  这个机智的可以迷住听众的叙事者（？）易怒的疏远了许多他的盟友的孤单者。
• I'm lookin'for a family with maybe a bearded, irascible dad with a heart of gold.
  我正在找一个家庭，爸爸有大胡子，虽然脾气不好但是有颗善良的心；
• Bob: You are still so irascible.
  你还是那么暴躁。
• His novels reflect and cater to the irascible mentality in mid 1980s.
  他的小说反映并迎合了20世纪80年代中期中国市民阶层在外来文明与文化冲击下的暴躁心态。
• He had to deal with holly bushes, nettles, hawthorns, eglantines, thistles, and very irascible brambles.
  他得和灌木、荨麻、出楂、野蔷薇、飞廉和一触即怒的黑莓打交道。
• He was an irascible man.
  他是个脾气暴躁的人。
• He knew she meant well, but because things weren't going as he wanted and he was worn out, he was irascible.
  他很明白这是好话，可是因为事不顺心，身体又欠保养，他有点肝火盛。
• He had an irascible temper.
  他脾气暴躁。
• Lately, it has been more like an irascible marriage between those who wish to cut taxes fast and those who do not.
  但最近，这个政府变得更像是减税支持者和反对减税者之间暴躁的联姻。