peevishness
美
英 
例句
Hence her flight from her own family would be laid more to the door of a lovely temperamental peevishness than anything else.
因此,她從自己的家里出走,與其推委于別的原因,倒不如歸咎于那種無傷大雅的暴躁脾氣。
I thought I even detected a note of sadness in his tone. We were quiet for a long time. My peevishness had vanished. I thought of my father.
我甚至察覺出他的語氣中有一絲悲哀。我們靜默了很久,我的惱怒已經消失,我正在想我的父親。
In the actual situation, however, the minute he rebuffed me I had another attack of peevishness.
可是到了這里之后,只要他一拒絕我,我馬上又會感到惱火。