snappish

1. ADJ-GRADED (对人说话的方式)恶狠狠的，疾言厉色的，发急的
   If someone is snappish, they speak to people in a sharp, unfriendly manner.
   1. 'That is beautiful, Tony,' Momma said, no longer sounding at all snappish.
      “真美呀，托尼，”妈妈说道，话音里的恶声恶气不见了。

1. 'That is beautiful, Tony,' Momma said, no longer sounding at all snappish.
   “真美呀，托尼，”妈妈说道，话音里的恶声恶气不见了。
2. She wouldn't hear of it, denied that she was putting Louis in any greater danger than he already faced, turned decidedly snappish, and went off to bed.
   这话她不肯听，她不承认她正在使路易斯陷入比他已经面临到的更大的危险，后来她变得十分急躁，于是走去睡了。
3. What makes you so short-tempered? in an ill-natured and snappish manner.
   你为什么那样急躁？以脾气坏、急躁的方式。
4. He's very snappish when he arrives at work in the morning.
   早上他刚开始上班时，总是恶声恶气的。
5. They might not send a thank-you after being treated to lunch, or they might send a snappish email that is more of a demand than a request.
   在被邀请去吃午饭时他们不表达感谢，或者发送不是请求而是命令语气的粗暴的邮件。
6. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine, and began to grow very snappish.
   我说他的天堂是半死不活的；他说我的天堂是发酒疯；我说我在他的天堂里一定要睡着的；他说他在我的天堂里就要喘不过气来，于是他开始变得非常暴躁。
7. In an ill-natured and snappish manner.
   以脾气坏、急躁的方式。

adj

1. apt to speak irritably
   1. a snappish tone of voice

   Synonym:    snappy