testy: [14] Testy means etymologically ‘heady’. It was borrowed from Anglo-Norman testif, a derivative of Old French teste ‘head’ (ancestor of modern French tête). This in turn went back to Latin testa ‘tile, earthenware pot’ (a relative of testum, from which English gets test), which in the post-classical period was used humorously for ‘head’. English acquired testy in the sense ‘headstrong, impetuous’, but by the 16th century it had shifted via ‘impatient’ to ‘irritable’. => test
testy (adj.)
early 15c., "impetuous, rash," altered from Middle English testif "headstrong" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French testif, Old French testu (Modern French têtu) "stubborn, headstrong, obstinate," literally "heady," from teste "head" (see tete). Meaning "easily irritated, irascible" is first recorded 1520s. Related: Testily; testiness.
testy 英文释义
1. easily irritated or annoyed;
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
testy 双语例句
1. Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。
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2. Jack Pan: Who influenced you in your art testy?
潘杰客: 你的艺术品味受到谁的影响?
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3. They become lamb cropschops Testy once Tasty ones , says Daivd David Johnson.
大卫继续说它们将变成好吃的羊排.
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4. As testy sick men when their deaths be near.
好像暴躁的病人,当死期已近.
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5. No wonder these people are feeling testy.
难怪这些人会感觉心头火起.
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testy 实用场景例句
Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。
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Jack Pan: Who influenced you in your art testy?
潘杰客: 你的艺术品味受到谁的影响?
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As testy sick men when their deaths be near.
好像暴躁的病人,当死期已近.
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No wonder these people are feeling testy.
难怪这些人会感觉心头火起.
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That was a testy meal.
这顿饭很美味.
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The decision apparently didn't set well , as Sun was testy when asked about his future.
