英语单词 | feisty |
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英美音标 | ['faisti] |
中文释义 | adj.易怒的,活跃的 |
vocabulary简明 | Feisty is a word for someone who is touchy or quarrelsome. It can also mean to show and have courage. |
vocabulary扩展 | If you're huffy or thin-skinned, you're feisty. Feisty people often seem to be itching for a fight. On the other hand, this has a more positive meaning. It may also describe a courageous or spirited person, especially one who is smaller or an underdog. A small boxer knocking out a huge opponent is feisty. Little dogs barking at huge dogs are feisty in both senses: they're being brave, but they're also a little too quick to open their yaps. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](常指出乎意料地)顽强独立的,精神抖擞的 If you describe someone as feisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill.
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