fractious是什么意思？

fractious

英[ˈfrækʃəs] 美[ˈfrækʃəs]

• adj. 易怒的，急躁的；

例句

• a fractious animal 易怒的动物
• Fractious infighting left the cartel in disarray. Prices collapsed. 混战之后油价崩溃,欧佩克陷入困境.
• Children often get fractious and tearful when tired. 孩子们疲倦时易烦躁好哭。
• Nancy was in a fractious mood. 南希情绪烦躁。
• The children were predictably fractious. 孩子们肯定会耍脾气。
• Nancy was in a fractious mood... 南希情绪烦躁。
• ...fractious national movements. 难以控制的全国运动

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  易怒的;烦躁的;脾气不好的
  If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.
  例句
  ...fractious national movements. 难以控制的全国运动 Nancy was in a fractious mood... 南希情绪烦躁。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  易怒的,急躁的
  a fractious animal 易怒的动物

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. stubbornly resistant to authority or control;
  "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness""a refractory child"
  2. easily irritated or annoyed;
  "an incorrigibly fractious young man""not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
  3. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome;
  "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas""fractious components of a communication system"