pettishly [
'petiʃli]
adv. 任性地;易怒地;怒气冲冲地
- "Oh, no, " she said, almost pettishly , "I just don't feel very good.
“哦,不是,”她说,几乎想发火了,“我只是觉得不大好受。” - "Of course I do, " he said pettishly, troubling only a little over the disgrace of the insinuation.
“我当然是在找啦,”他有些生气地说,对这个羞辱他的暗示只是稍微有点感到不安。 - You can't alter what you've done,' he replied pettishly, shrinking from her, `unless you alter it for the worse by teasing me into a fever.'
“你不能改变你所作的事,”他急躁地回答,躲着她,“除非你把事情改变得更糟,把我气得发烧。”
pettishly[ adv ]
in a petulant manner
<adv.all>
he said testily; `Go away!'
Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.]
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
``A pettish kind of humor.'' --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv.
-- {Pet"tish*ness}, n.