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    If you are peeved, you are — usually not in a huge, shouting way, but in a tight, irritated way. Something small has got under your skin: a rude comment, a late train, someone eating the last .

    If you are peeved如果你peeved, you are annoyed意思是你很不爽——usually not in a huge, shouting way通常不是那種大吼大叫的不爽, but in a tight, irritated way而是那種悶悶的、有點煩躁的不爽。Something small has got under your skin一件小事惹到你了: a rude comment可能是一句沒禮貌的話、a late train一班誤點的火車、someone eating the last biscuit或有人吃掉了最後一片餅乾。

    People say I’m peeved, he looked peeved, that peeved me. It is informal, mainly spoken, and a little sitcom-cosy; American English uses it freely, and British English knows it too.

    People say大家會說 I'm peeved「我很peeved」, he looked peeved「他看起來很peeved」, that peeved me「那件事讓我很peeved」。It is informal, mainly spoken這是口語、非正式的說法, and a little sitcom-cosy而且有點情境喜劇的味道; American English uses it freely美式英文常常這樣用, and British English knows it too英式英文也認識這個字。

    Though actually, the feeling is closer to “niggled” than to “furious”. For a serious essay, or irritated is safer. Younger speakers often reach for pissed off instead; peeved can sound like a parent, a colleague, or a comedy.

    Though actually不過其實, the feeling is closer to "niggled" than to "furious"這種感覺比較接近「niggled」(小小惱怒),而不是「furious」(暴怒)。For a serious essay在正式的文章裡, annoyed or irritated is safer用annoyed或irritated比較保險。Younger speakers often reach for pissed off instead年輕人比較常改用pissed off; peeved can sound like a parent, a colleague, or a comedy而peeved聽起來可能像父母、同事,或喜劇台詞。

    It is the -ed form of peeve, used as an adjective: the state you are in after something has peeved you.

    It is the -ed form of peeve這是peeve的-ed形式, used as an adjective被當形容詞用: the state you are in after something has peeved you也就是某件事peeve你之後,你所處的那種狀態。

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組成peeve(惹毛)的 -ed 形式當形容詞用。peeve 這個動詞是後來才從較早的形容詞 peevish 倒過來造的。

同家族的字

  • peevethe verb and noun; peeved is how you feel after something peeves you
  • peevishthe older adjective — easily annoyed by small things; peeve was built from it

原始詞典資料2 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。

peevedadj/piːvd/

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    Annoyed.

    • Then she called the police. “The police woman said, ‘Do not pick up the bike,’” Kedzlie says. “‘Do not go. You could get stabbed.’ I thought, ‘That is true.’ But I was peeved.”

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 WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。