英语词汇“tetchy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tetch·y also tech·y

(tĕchē)

adj. tetch·i·er, tetch·i·est also tech·i·er or tech·i·est

Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott).

[Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by TOUCHY), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign; see deik- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

tetchi·ly adv.

tetchi·ness n.

单词	tetchy
释义	tetch·y also tech·y (tĕchē) adj. tetch·i·er, tetch·i·est also tech·i·er or tech·i·est Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott). [Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by TOUCHY), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign; see deik- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] tetchi·ly* adv. tetchi·ness n.
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