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Irritate Irritated 无 Iriteit V.激怒;刺激 英 V 激怒(Annoy

单词 irritate
音标 ['iriteit]
解释 v.激怒;刺激
红宝书 【英】 v. 激怒(annoy; exasperate);刺激(provoke; nettle; peeve )
【考】 反义词:balm(安慰物 )-irritant(致痒物)
【记】 注意:irritant(n.致 痒物)
【例】 The smoke irritated my eyes. He was irritated by the noise.
字源 irritate (v.)
1530s, "stimulate to action, rouse, incite," from Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare "excite, provoke." An earlier verb form was irrite (mid-15c.), from Old French irriter. Meaning "annoy, make impatient" is from 1590s. Related: Irritated; irritating.
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