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If you are miffed, you are a little or a little hurt — not raging, just put out. Someone forgot you, talked over you, or made a small slight, and it sits in your chest.
If you are miffed如果你miffed,you are a little annoyed or a little hurt就是有點不爽或有點受傷——not raging, just put out不是暴怒,只是心裡不痛快。Someone forgot you, talked over you, or made a small slight有人忘了你、打斷你說話,或做了個小小的冒犯,and it sits in your chest而這種感覺就悶在你心裡。
It is informal and a bit light, even slightly funny; you can tell a friend “I’m a bit miffed” without starting a fight. You can be miffed at a person or about a thing, and it also works as the past of the verb miff: That miffed her.
It is informal and a bit light, even slightly funny它是非正式而且有點輕鬆的說法,甚至帶點好笑;you can tell a friend "I'm a bit miffed" without starting a fight你可以跟朋友說「I'm a bit miffed」,而不會因此吵起來。You can be miffed at a person or about a thing你可以miffed at一個人,或miffed about一件事,and it also works as the past of the verb miff它也可以當動詞miff的過去式:That miffed herThat miffed her。
Though actually the feeling is real but small. If someone smashed a window, miffed would sound oddly light, almost as if you were making the hurt smaller than it is.
Though actually the feeling is real but small不過這種感覺是真實的,只是很輕微。If someone smashed a window如果有人把窗戶砸破了,miffed would sound oddly light用miffed聽起來會怪怪地太輕,almost as if you were making the hurt smaller than it is幾乎像是你在把傷害說得比實際還小。
It is more at home in British English than in American, where or irritated is safer.
It is more at home in British English than in American它在英式英語裡比在美式英語裡更常用,where annoyed or irritated is safer在美式英語中annoyed或irritated會是比較安全的選擇。
組成From miff + -ed. The -ed makes an adjective (how you feel) and also the ordinary past of the verb.
同家族的字
- miffthe older noun and verb for a small sulk or slight; miffed is the -ed form
原始詞典資料3 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。
miffedadj/mɪft/
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informalSomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.
- I was miffed at Rick for his behavior. I was miffed at the coach, not for his naivete of deafness, but for his arrogance, which converted his ignorance to stupidity.
- And also, it's generally not a good idea to prank someone who's already miffed at you.
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regionalConfused; unable to understand.
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。