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Bitchy means and unpleasant about other people — snide, cutting, often in a small personal way rather than a loud fight. People say a bitchy remark, a bitchy mood, or that someone is being bitchy today. Informal, slightly rude.
Bitchy means unkind and unpleasant about other peoplebitchy的意思是對別人不友善、討人厭 — snide, cutting陰陽怪氣、尖酸, often in a small personal way rather than a loud fight通常是私底下小小的針對,而不是大吵一架. People say a bitchy remark, a bitchy mood, or that someone is being bitchy today大家會說a bitchy remark(刻薄的話)、a bitchy mood(陰陽怪氣的心情),或說某人今天很機車. Informal, slightly rude不正式,帶點粗魯.
Though actually, the tidy meaning hides a social habit: English speakers have long used this word more about women, and many people now dislike that. The sharp comment is real; pinning the label on one gender is not fair.
Though actually不過其實, the tidy meaning hides a social habit這個乾淨俐落的意思背後藏著一種社會習慣: English speakers have long used this word more about women英文使用者長久以來更常拿這個字說女性, and many people now dislike that現在很多人不喜歡這一點. The sharp comment is real那種尖銳的評論是真實存在的; pinning the label on one gender is not fair但把這個標籤只貼在一種性別上並不公平.
Do not use it in formal writing, and be careful who you say it about — it can hurt, even when you mean it as a joke. It is not about dogs, and it is not the same as , which means “great.”
Do not use it in formal writing不要在正式文章裡用它, and be careful who you say it about也要小心你是在說誰 — it can hurt, even when you mean it as a joke即使你只是在開玩笑,也可能會傷人. It is not about dogs這個字跟狗沒有關係, and it is not the same as bitchin, which means "great."也跟bitchin不一樣,bitchin的意思是「超讚」。
組成From bitch + -y (having that quality).
同家族的字
- bitchilythe adverb: doing something in this unkind way
- bitchinessthe noun for this unkind quality
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bitchyadj詞源 1/ˈbɪt͡ʃi/
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Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
- What she said—and what she did—was really bitchy.
- “Israel is trying to get Iran to attack us just like your bitchy ex who tried goading some dude in a bar to fight you,” Tim Pool, the popular rightwing podcaster, wrote on X.
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Irritable.
- He’s really bitchy in the morning.
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archaicrareinformalResembling or characteristic of a female dog.
- Greyhounds (dogs 4, bitches 2): All moderate; the small bitchy-looking Speculation was placed 1st in dogs, and Kate, by Cauld Kail—Graceful, was 1st in bitches, the former taking cup for best in both classes; […]
- […] Hatteraick is good in shape and well feathered, but bitchy in face; […]
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。