基本释义

adj. 易怒的,暴躁的;爱发牢骚的,抱怨的;爱挑剔的

星级词汇

英文词源

querulous 抱怨的,恼怒的
来自拉丁语queri,抱怨,词源同quarrel.

深度学习

querulous (KWER uh lus or KWER yoo lus) This adjective comes from the same Latin root as “quarrel,” but rather than seeking the possible release of an argument, the querulous person whines, complains, grumbles.

  • Until you’ve spent your birthday taking care of a pair of querulous toddlers, you don’t know the full beauty of a few moments of solitude.
  • Some see the character of Hamlet as querulous, but most Shakespeare lovers would claim the beauty of his language and his wit redeem him.

——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》

机器翻译,仅供参考


爱抱怨的(KWER uh lus或KWER yoo lus)这个形容词与“争吵”来自同一个拉丁词根,但爱抱怨的人并没有寻求可能的争论,而是发牢骚、抱怨、抱怨。

  • 在你度过生日照顾一对爱发牢骚的蹒跚学步的孩子之前,你不知道独处的片刻有多美
  • 有些人认为哈姆雷特这个角色爱发牢骚,但大多数莎士比亚爱好者会认为他的语言之美和智慧救赎了他

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