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单词 testiness
释义
testytes‧ty /ˈtesti/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtesty
Origin:
1300-1400 Anglo-French testif ‘determined to do what you want’, from Old French teste ‘head’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • By the end of the day everyone was getting a little testy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He was testy during media day Tuesday and cut his session off after 15 minutes.
  • Instead of handing over the test, the testy proctor grabbed the gun.
  • Oh, a little testy this morning, are we?
  • The tired theatrics of Super Bowl week have begun and players on both teams are getting a little testy.
  • The two men enjoy the testy togetherness of married partners.
  • Yet the press conferences introducing these models were often testy affairs.
impatient and easily annoyed SYN  irritable:  testy remarks It had been a long day, and Sarah was getting a little testy.testily adverbtestiness noun [uncountable]
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