fretful

英 [ˈfretfl]

美 [ˈfretfl]

adj.  烦躁的; 苦恼的; 不舒适的

TEM8

BNC.24953 / COCA.27793

牛津词典

adj.

• 烦躁的；苦恼的；不舒适的
  behaving in a way that shows you are unhappy or uncomfortable

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 苦恼的;烦躁的
  If someone isfretful, they behave in a way that shows that they worried or unhappy about something.
  1. Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.
     不要想当然地认为你的宝宝一闹就是要吃奶。

英英释义

adj

• habitually complaining
  1. a whiny child
  Synonym:querulouswhineywhiny
• nervous and unable to relax
  1. a constant fretful stamping of hooves
  2. a restless child
  Synonym:antsyfidgetyitchy

双语例句

• My baby brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth.
  我的小弟弟焦躁不安因为他正在长牙。
• France is troubled by its diminished voice in the world and fretful about immigration at home.
  法国因其国际地位的下降而感到烦心，对国内的外来移民也感到苦恼。
• Silence is golden if it keeps me from broadcasting that fretful self into my network of treasured relationships.
  如果安静能让我将那个烦躁的自我不波及到珍贵的关系中，那么它就是金。
• Given what we had witnessed the day before, could I have destroyed our tenderness with fretful suspicions of being followed?
  想想我们昨天亲历的那一桩惨剧，我要不要说出自己感觉被人跟踪的烦躁疑心，来破坏我们之间的这份温存甜蜜？
• She kept her vow for a week, during which she was unusually cross and fretful.
  她信守誓言有一星期之久，但在这一星期内，她显得五心烦躁，动不动就发脾气。
• Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.
  不要想当然地认为你的宝宝一闹就是要吃奶。
• The March wind is fretful, fretting the languid waves into murmurs.
  三月的风躁动不安，惹得倦怠的波浪哗哗作响。
• Shallow breathing; a night of shallow fretful sleep; in a shallow trance.
  浅浅的呼吸；睡得不熟的、烦躁的夜晚；浅昏迷。
• By midnight the children were tired and fretful.
  到午夜时，孩子们既疲倦又烦躁不安。
• The baby's fretful crying.
  婴儿烦躁不安的啼哭。