waspish
音标：
英音/ ˈwɒspɪʃ / 美音/ ˈwɔspɪʃ /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
He gained a reputation as a persistent, often waspish, interrogator whose withering putdowns became a feature of his time in Parliament.
他以一位执着且常常尖刻的审讯者而闻名，其严厉的贬低成为他在议会任职期间的一个特点。
—BBC
And weddings in stately homes where the guests play croquet, and a hog is roasted, and the bride’s waist is so waspish – and have the couple had their teeth bleached, because it seems so?
还有在富丽堂皇的房子里举行的婚礼，客人们会打槌球，烤一头猪，新娘的腰部非常细——而且这对夫妇的牙齿也被漂白了，因为看起来是这样？
—The Guardian
“If you oppose me,” Henry says darkly, “I will strike you as only I can,” while Eleanor follows up a telling verbal blow with a waspish, “I was afraid that wouldn’t hurt.”
“如果你反对我，”亨利阴沉地说，“我会尽我所能地打击你，”而埃莉诺则用黄蜂般的言语攻击，“我担心这不会伤害你。”
—Los Angeles Times
基本释意：
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尖刻的；易怒的；如黄蜂的；腰细的
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
This adjective comes from the word wasp and the notion that wasps are spiteful and ill-tempered, stinging petulantly when they feel cranky. If someone calls you waspish, that’s what they mean — you’re easily irritated. It’s less common than it once was (waspish has been used since at least the mid-1500s), but it’s still a great way to describe anyone who’s quick to express their anger.
如果某人表现得烦躁或脾气暴躁，你可以将他们描述为 waspish。你姐姐对晚餐的尖酸刻薄的抱怨不太可能说服你爸爸为她订披萨。
长释义：
This adjective comes from the word wasp and the notion that wasps are spiteful and ill-tempered, stinging petulantly when they feel cranky. If someone calls you waspish, that’s what they mean — you’re easily irritated. It’s less common than it once was (waspish has been used since at least the mid-1500s), but it’s still a great way to describe anyone who’s quick to express their anger.
这个形容词来源于“黄蜂”这个词，以及“黄蜂是恶毒的、脾气暴躁的，当它们感到暴躁时会猛烈地蜇人”的概念。如果有人说你很尖刻，那就是他们的意思——你很容易被激怒。它不像以前那么常见了（至少从 1500 年代中期就开始使用黄蜂），但它仍然是描述任何快速表达愤怒的人的好方法。
文学例句：
People who might have been modest and gentle, grow, merely from self-defence, arrogant and aggressive; they become waspish, contradictory, unfair, who were born to be wise and just, and well-mannered.
原本谦虚、温和的人，仅仅出于自卫，就会变得傲慢、好斗；他们变得尖刻、矛盾、不公平，而他们生来就是明智、公正、彬彬有礼的。
—Limbo and Other Essays
To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon
“What were you going to do, snore at them?” said Hermione waspishly.
“你要做什么，对着他们打鼾？”赫敏生气地说。
—Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J. K. Rowling
The persifleurs, those butterflies who carry waspish stings, accounted Sir Thomas to be of no little presumption, that “in noting other men’s vices he should correct magnificat.”
那些带有黄蜂蜇伤的蝴蝶，认为托马斯爵士相当自以为是，“在注意到其他人的恶习时，他应该夸大其词地予以纠正”。
—Amenities of Literature
Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
词源：
waspish(adj.)”irascible, quick to take offense; spiteful,” figurative, 1560s, from wasp + -ish. Shakespeare has wasp-headed. As “resembling or pertaining to a wasp or wasps,” by 1590s. Related: Waspishly; waspishness.also from 1560s
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
waspish（形容词）“暴躁，容易生气；恶意”，比喻，1560 年代，来自 wasp + -ish。莎士比亚有黄蜂头。到 1590 年代，“类似于或属于黄蜂或黄蜂”。相关：黄蜂； waspishness.also来自1560年代
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