释义 |
tetchytetch‧y /ˈtetʃi/ adjective British English informal - And all the time Chief Inspector Morse sat, less tetchy now, staring at the street map of Oxford.
- And I noticed another thing: Jean-Claude was tetchy.
- But he was more withdrawn, tetchy.
- He guesses that's why Paul is sometimes tetchy with Keith.
- Meredith went up to the rehearsal room in a less tetchy state of mind.
- Nobody had ever seen the Manager look so pale and tetchy as the morning after.
- There are few in this campaign, and so we are rather tetchy.
likely to get angry or upset easily SYN irritable: Jane’s a bit tetchy this morning.—tetchily adverb—tetchiness noun [uncountable] |