剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - querulous collapse

querulous
/'kwer.jʊ.ləs/
adjective
* often complaining, especially in a weak high voice
爱抱怨的，爱发牢骚的

1. He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
到了晚年，他愈感不满，牢骚不断。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - querulous collapse

querulous
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词牢骚满腹的;爱抱怨的 Someone who is querulous often complains about things.

【语用信息】：disapproval

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • A querulous male voice said, 'Look, are you going to order, or what?'

    一个男人不满地问：“喂，你到底要不要点菜？”

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - querulous collapse

querulous
queru·lous / 5kwerElEs; -rjE- / adjective   (formal, disapproving)complaining; showing that you are annoyed
   抱怨的；显得恼怒的
   SYN  peevish
• queru·lous·ly adv.

新牛津英语同义词词典 - querulous collapse

querulous

adjective
what kind of a rest is it meant to be for me with a querulous adolescent?
PETULANT , complaining, pettish, touchy, testy, tetchy, waspish, prickly, crusty, peppery, fractious, fretful, irritable, cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, miserable, morose, on edge, edgy, impatient, bitter, moody, in a bad mood, grumpy, huffy, scratchy, out of sorts, out of temper, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, sullen, surly, sulky, sour, churlish, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, whingeing, whingy; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head, peckish; N. Amer. informal sorehead, soreheaded; Austral./NZ informal snaky; informal, dated miffy.

词源记忆 - querulous collapse

querulous 抱怨的，恼怒的
来自拉丁语queri, 抱怨，词源同quarrel.