testy

• adj. 易怒的；暴躁的

来自 test,陶罐，俚语义头，头颅，-y,形容词后缀。即头脑发热的，莽撞的，易怒的，对应于 heady.

1. easily irritated or annoyed;

"an incorrigibly fractious young man"

"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

testy

testy: [14] Testy means etymologically ‘heady’. It was borrowed from Anglo-Norman testif, a derivative of Old French teste ‘head’ (ancestor of modern French tête). This in turn went back to Latin testa ‘tile, earthenware pot’ (a relative of testum, from which English gets test), which in the post-classical period was used humorously for ‘head’. English acquired testy in the sense ‘headstrong, impetuous’, but by the 16th century it had shifted via ‘impatient’ to ‘irritable’.
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testy (adj.)

early 15c., "impetuous, rash," altered from Middle English testif "headstrong" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French testif, Old French testu (Modern French têtu) "stubborn, headstrong, obstinate," literally "heady," from teste "head" (see tete). Meaning "easily irritated, irascible" is first recorded 1520s. Related: Testily; testiness.

Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.

上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。

辞典例句

Jack Pan: Who influenced you in your art testy?

潘杰客: 你的艺术品味受到谁的影响?

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As testy sick men when their deaths be near.

好像暴躁的病人,当死期已近.

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No wonder these people are feeling testy.

难怪这些人会感觉心头火起.

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That was a testy meal.

这顿饭很美味.

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The decision apparently didn't set well , as Sun was testy when asked about his future.

这个决定显然还没确定, 当被问及将来时,他显得冷静.

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