A testy person is in the mood where small things set them off — short answers, a sharp tone, easily annoyed. It describes a temporary state far more often than a permanent character: someone is testy this morning because they slept badly, or grows testy after the third silly question.

A testy persontesty 的人 is in the mood where small things set them off正處於一種小事就會惹毛他們的情緒裡 short answers, a sharp tone, easily annoyed回答簡短、語氣尖銳、容易被激怒 It describes a temporary state far more often than a permanent character它形容的通常是暫時的狀態，而不是長期的個性 someone is testy this morning because they slept badly某人今天早上因為沒睡好而 testy or grows testy after the third silly question或是被問了第三個蠢問題之後變得 testy

It is not the same as angry. Testy is smaller, drier, and shows itself in how a person speaks rather than in shouting.

It is not the same as它跟...不一樣 angry生氣 TestyTesty is smaller, drier比較小、比較乾 and shows itself in how a person speaks表現在一個人講話的方式上 rather than in shouting而不是用吼的

Besides people, it fits things people say and situations they are in: a testy reply, a testy exchange between two ministers, testy talks. In news writing, calling a meeting testy is a polite way of saying the two sides snapped at each other.

Besides people除了人以外 it fits things people say and situations they are in它也適合形容別人說的話和所處的情境 a testy replytesty 的回答 a testy exchange between two ministers兩位部長之間 testy 的交鋒 testy talkstesty 的談判 In news writing在新聞寫作裡 calling a meeting testy說一場會議是 testy 的 is a polite way of saying是委婉地說 the two sides snapped at each other雙方互相嗆聲

There is a mild age flavour to it: it is used a lot about older men, and about important people who are tired of being questioned.

There is a mild age flavour to it這個字帶有一點年紀的色彩 it is used a lot about older men常用來形容年長的男性 and about important people who are tired of being questioned或是厭倦被追問的重要人物

It is somewhat formal and much more common in writing than in everyday conversation; in speech a Taiwanese student would more likely hear grumpy, snappy, or 'in a bad mood'.

It is somewhat formal它偏正式 and much more common in writing than in everyday conversation在書面上比在日常對話裡常見得多 in speech a Taiwanese student would more likely hear在口語裡，台灣學生比較可能聽到的是 grumpy, snappy, or 'in a bad mood'grumpy、snappy，或「in a bad mood」