单词 | fractious |
释义 | frac·tious 1. < a fractious horse > < a ship with a fractious crew threatening mutiny throughout the trip > 2. < rockets and guided missiles are much too fractious to be tested anywhere near a thickly populated area — Time > < loudspeakers remain the most fractious of all high-fidelity components — J.M.Conly > 3. a. < at the beginning the crowd was captious and fractious, owing to delays and bad arrangements — Arnold Bennett > b. < a fractious child > < like a fractious mother hen rounding up a brood of willful chicks — H.J.Higdon > Synonyms: see irritable |
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