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Pettish means easily made cross over small things, in a short, rather childish way — ready to take offence and sit in a little bad mood. Dictionaries often point you to a close cousin, petulant, but that is a harder word; think of a person who snaps because the tea is late, or a child who will not speak because they did not get their way. Though actually, pettish itself is a bit old-fashioned and . A parent today is more likely to say , sulky, or in a mood. It does not mean petty in the “small and ” sense, even though the spelling looks close.
使性子的
組成pet (an old sense: a short fit of bad temper, “to be in a pet”) + -ish.
同家族的字
- petonly the old “fit of temper” sense — “in a pet” — not the animal
原始詞典資料1 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。
pettishadj
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informalBad-tempered; peevish.
- Indeed I would advise every single lady, if possible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herself, if he is hasty or pettish with any one else in company, she may depend on the same fate when once the knot is tied.
- She drew a quick pettish breath of objection, writhing uneasily in her seat.
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。