英 [ˈsnæpɪʃ] 美 [ˈsnæpɪʃ]
adj. 厉声说话的；暴躁的
snappish /ˈsnæpɪʃ/
形容词 If someone is snappish, they speak to people in a sharp, unfriendly manner. 尖刻的; 疾言厉色的
"That is beautiful, Tony," Momma said, no longer sounding at all snappish.
“真美呀，托尼，”妈妈说道，话里的呵斥腔调不见了。
副词
"I'm not pregnant," she said snappishly.
她没好气地说：“我没有怀孕。”
脾气坏的，不高兴的 snappish adj.脾气暴燥的 GRE写作部分将重点考察考生有针对性地对具体考题做出反应的能力，而非要求考生堆砌泛泛的文字。
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"That is beautiful, Tony," Momma said, no longer sounding at all snappish.
“真美呀，托尼，”妈妈说道，话里的呵斥腔调不见了。
"A whole nation of belligerent, snappish people?" asked Nikolai.
“整个国家都是好战暴躁的人民？”尼古拉不敢相信。
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。
Edward Reeve stayed inside and tried to teach parlor tricks to his snappish pet ferret with white crumbles of Yorkshire cheese.
McCain's future, in large measure, will depend on whether the voters in Michigan see his words through the prism of Theodore Roosevelt -- the heroic victim of dirty pool -- or through the prism of Bob Dole -- the snappish temper tantrum of a sore loser.