If you describe something as an irritant, you mean that it keeps annoying you.
例句
He said the issue was not a major irritant.他说那个问题不是什么大问题。
N-COUNT
(令身体部位发痒或疼痛的)刺激物
An irritant is a substance which causes a part of your body to itch or become sore.
例句
Many pesticides are irritants.很多杀虫剂都具有刺激性。
英汉词典释义
adj.
有刺激性的
irritant gas<军>刺激性毒气
使无效的, 使失效的
anirritant clause规定在一定条件下无效的条款
n.
刺激物,刺激因素
Moreover,senior citizen discount is a direct irritant in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict beteeen generations此外,在一些政治家和学者看来,老年公民折扣是上一代和下一代之间矛盾的直接刺激
英英词典释义
Noun
1. something that causes irritation and annoyance;