waspish

['wɔspiʃ]

adj.易怒的,尖刻的

词形变化：

副词: waspishly | 名词: waspishness |

a.

1. 黄蜂的; 如黄蜂的

2. 腰细的

3. 易怒的

4. 坏心肠的; 尖刻的

waspish

词形变化：

副词: waspishly | 名词: waspishness |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

caustic

excitable

waspish['wɔspiʃ; 'wɔ:-]adj.1.■黄蜂似的，黄蜂的2.■细腰的，蜂腰的3.■易怒的，脾气坏的，坏心肠的，急躁的

1. readily expressing anger or irritation
   易怒的；易激动的；尖刻的
   he had a waspish tongue.
   他说话十分尖刻。
   

waspish

形容词 waspish:

very irritable

同义词：bristly, prickly, splenetic

waspish

■An eye winked open in the smooth ivory sphere adorning one bottom stairpost, and a mouth appeared in the other, speaking in the familiar dry, waspish tones of Grandmama Teshla.

一只眼睛眨着从楼梯底部一只光滑的象牙球形装饰物上睁开，一张嘴在另一只上出现，是苔什拉奶奶严厉尖刻的语气。

■He gave a surreal, waspish speech, arguing, among other things, that the Sudanese government was sovereign, so had every right to do whatever it wanted in Darfur.

他进行了一番离奇且怒语连篇的演讲，他抛开其他事务不谈，主张道，苏丹政府是神圣不可侵犯的，因此苏丹政府有至上的权力来实施政府想在达尔福尔做的事情。

■KATHERINA. If I be waspish, best beware my sting.

凯瑟丽娜：我倘然是黄蜂，那么留心我的刺吧。

■waspish remarks

刻薄的言语.

■a waspish writing

尖刻的文章

■a waspish remark

恶毒的话

■a waspish look/remark/voice

恶狠狠的神色/话语/声音

■Beware her waspish wit.

提防她的刻毒的妙语。

■As this insightful, waspish book shows, the hidden similarities were greater than the visible differences.

正如这本深刻、尖锐的著作所指出的，暗藏的相似点大于可见的不同点。

■" Wenger's view that the penalty had been "Old Traffordish" was unnecessarily waspish.

温格所谓的点球是“老特拉福德式的”实际上是毫无必要的泄愤之词。

■bristly exchanges between the White House and the press; he became prickly and spiteful; witty and waspish about his colleagues.

白宫和新闻界之间非常敏感的交流；他变得敏感、爱记恨；对他的同事揶揄、刻毒。