uffish

发音

/ˈʌfɪʃ/

词形变化

more uffish 比较级 most uffish 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    grumpy, ill-tempered

    And, as in uffish thought he stood, / The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, / And burbled as it came!

词源

Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll. From its sound; Carroll explained the word as "a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish."

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