peevish [ˈpivɪʃ]

例句:

• These irascible old figures started to make their habitual peevish fuss.
  来自C. Blackwood
• She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
  她低头瞪着我，一脸怒气。
  
• A peevish child is unhappy and makes others unhappy.
  一个脾气暴躁的孩子自己不高兴也使别人不高兴.
  
• Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish.
  奥布里睡眠不足，这让他总是易怒。
  
• A peevish schoolboy, worthless of such honour.
  来自Julius Caesar,Shakespeare
• His voice was peevish At any moment...he might stop speaking to her.
  来自J. Johnston