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Grumpy

發佈時間: 2015/08/24

女性每月有幾天特別容易生氣(grumpy),不要試圖與她們爭論,測試荷爾蒙的威力。

Grumpy解「壞脾氣的(bad-tempered)」、「易生氣的(easily annoyed)」、「愛抱怨的(complaining)」,類似廣東話「容易發𤷪𤺧」。除了每月生理期那幾天容易變得grumpy,還有睡眠不足、肚子餓、頭痛牙痛等等。當然,有些人本身的性情就是grumpy。

例句:He hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling a bit grumpy this morning.(他睡眠不足,所以今早有點煩躁。)She becomes very grumpy when she has a headache.(她頭痛時脾氣很暴躁。)He's difficult to be around because he's such a grumpy old man.(他很難相處,因為他真是個脾氣暴躁的老人家。)

可以改變字尾將形容詞grumpy變成副詞grumpily或名詞grumpiness。例句:I just wasn't in a talkative mood at that time, so I answered her grumpily.(我當時就是不想談天,所以暴躁地回答她。)He is always venting his grumpiness on social media.(他總是在社交媒體發洩自己的壞脾氣。)

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