fretful

• adj. 焦躁的；烦燥的；起波纹的

来自fret, 焦虑。

1. unable to relax or be still;

"a constant fretful stamping of hooves"

"itchy for excitement"

"a restless child"

2. habitually complaining;

"a whining child"

fretful (adj.)

1590s, "gnawing; disposed to fret," from fret (n.) (see fret (v.)) + -ful. Related: Fretfully; fretfulness.

My brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth.

我的小弟弟直发脾气,因为正在长牙.

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It was a busy, as it turned out , fretful journey.

旅途公务繁忙, 实际上也颇为焦急.

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I was angry, fretful, and impatient.

我又气又恼, 可心烦了.

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The child was tired and fretful.

这孩子又累又烦躁.

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She quieted the fretful child.

她让这个急躁的孩子平静下来.

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She kept her vow for a week, during which she was unusually cross and fretful.

她信守誓言有一星期之久, 但在这一星期内,她显得五心烦躁,动不动就发脾气.

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After a time the child began to grow fretful and refused to eat.

这了一会儿,孩子发脾气不肯吃了.

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She had likewise dropped her fretful complaining , and we found it a great comfort.

她也不再怨天尤人了, 这使我们深感宽慰.

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The March wind is fretful , fretting the languid waves into murmurs.

三月的风躁动不安, 惹得倦怠的波浪哗哗作响.

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In the heart very random, very fretful how to change?

心里很乱, 很烦燥怎么改变?

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The mood is very depressive, fretful, how to adjust?

心情很压抑, 烦燥, 怎么调节?

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My baby brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth.

我的小弟弟焦躁不安因为他正在长牙.

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Insipid, dry, cheesed feeling can make a person fretful go mad even.

平淡 、 枯燥无味 、 厌烦的感觉能令人烦燥甚至发疯.

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But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood.

但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪.

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Child anorexia, how does fretful uneasiness do?

孩子厌食, 烦燥不安怎么办?

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