| 单词 | quick-tempered |
| 释义 | quick-tempered (once / 20664 pages) adj When someone calls you quick-tempered, they mean that you get angry really easily. If you find yourself yelling at people several times a day, you may be quick-tempered — and you may want to take up meditation. Quick-tempered people are irritable and a little bit unpredictable. You could also describe them as "short-tempered" or "hot-tempered." Some people can laugh off things that irritate or aggravate them, or think them over thoughtfully, or just ignore them. Everyone else is quick-tempered. This adjective uses the noun sense of temper, which can mean both "state of mind" and specifically "angry state of mind." WORD FAMILYquick-tempered USAGE EXAMPLES“Do you know, I think be is one of the nicest people at court Gawaine is decent, but he is quick-tempered and rather unforgiving.” T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) For both men — the privileged sons of quick-tempered and domineering real estate tycoons — the legacies of their fathers loom large. New York Times(Jul 04, 2016) “I never would have imagined my simple, naïve, quick-tempered brother would turn into a human monster,” he said. New York Times(Jun 18, 2016) adj quickly aroused to anger Syn choleric, hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, short-tempered ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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