单词	querulous
释义	querulousquer‧u‧lous /ˈkwerələs/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINquerulous Origin: 1400-1500 Latin querulosus, from queri; ➔ QUARREL1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a querulous voice EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bech's querulous voice allows Updike to indulge in equal parts of satire and wish-fulfilment. Mr. Lorrimer's voice, frail and querulous, was bleating at the other end. That might seem to be precisely the sort of querulous argument which the Left has familiarly been scorned for posing. The car screeched around the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulous voices. They go in for querulous and disputatious argument. To compensate, and, anxious to preserve his patriarchal status, he may become querulous and demanding instead. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► querulous voice  ‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► voice · Bech's querulous voice allows Updike to indulge in equal parts of satire and wish-fulfilment.· The car screeched around the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulous voices. someone who is querulous complains about things in an annoying way:  ‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice.—querulously adverb
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