querulous
英语
词源
源自古法语 querelos,源自晚期拉丁语 querulōsus,源自拉丁语 querulus,源自queror (“抱怨”)。
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形容词
querulous(比较级 more querulous,最高级 most querulous)
- 爱抱怨的,爱发牢骚的;烦躁的,抱怨的
- 1834,Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara,卷号1, 页号101:
- "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
- The nights were now cold, gemmed with a multitude of bright stars, uncanny with the querulous wail of coyotes and the occasional deep voices of wolves.
近义词
- 参见 Thesaurus:irritable 或 Thesaurus:peevish 或 Thesaurus:sad
衍生词汇
- querulously
- querulousness
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