1.脾气暴躁的
2.倔强的,喜欢闹别扭的
3.发怒的,恼怒的
1.easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important
1.Do say you will. I think I should not be peevish with you: you'd not provoke me, and you'd always be ready to help me, wouldn't you? '
我想我一定不会跟你发脾气，你是不会惹我生气的，而且你总是想帮助我的，不是吗？
2.I do not say that the pain of death is nothing compared to the pain of sharing a coffeepot with a peevish woman.
我不是说，死亡的痛苦与跟一个脾气暴躁的女人分享咖啡壶里的咖啡相比较有什么关系的。
3.The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent.
这个病人对牧场主的态度，正如一个倔强乖张的小孩儿对待溺爱的父母。
4.He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse.
他接过我的马时，别别扭扭地不高兴地低声自言自语着。
5.I write distractedly, but this girl-this Jeanie Deans, is a peevish puritan, superstitious and scrupulous after the manner of her sect.
我写得心烦意乱--可是那女郎--那个珍妮·迪恩斯是个倔强的清教徒，迷信而且严格地遵守她那教派的规矩。
6.It also likes eating, though little dog does not eat much, it is always wanting to eat and it will be peevish if having nothing to eat.
它也很贪吃，很小的狗本来是不会吃很多的，可它却总是想吃东西，吃不到东西就撒娇。
7.Come over, you peevish girl! " said my husband walking out into the yard with a blow dryer. "
“过来！坏脾气妞！”说话的当儿，丈夫已拿着电吹风从房里走出来。
8.Joseph! ' cried a peevish voice, simultaneously with me, from the inner room.
“约瑟夫！”从里屋传来的一个抱怨的声音跟我同时叫起来。
9.David Axelrod, the Obama campaign manager, called him "peevish" ; another official opted for "irascible" .
奥巴马竞选经理戴维•艾克斯罗德（DavidAxelrod）说麦凯恩“易怒”，还有一位官员说他“爱发脾气”。
10.Not to be peevish, or morose, or suspicious.
不暴躁，发楞，或多疑。