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单词 fractious
释义 frac·tious
\ˈfrakshəs\ adjective
Etymology: fraction (I) + -ous
1. : tending to cause trouble (as by disobedience or opposition to an established order) : hard to manage or unmanageable : refractory, unruly
 < a fractious horse >
 < a ship with a fractious crew threatening mutiny throughout the trip >
2. : not smooth or free of trouble in operation : likely to function in unpredictable and troublesome ways
 < 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. : quarrelsome, contrary
  < at the beginning the crowd was captious and fractious, owing to delays and bad arrangements — Arnold Bennett >
 b. : peevish, irritable
  < 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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