querulous
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源自古法语 querelos,源自晚期拉丁语 querulōsus,源自拉丁语 querulus,源自queror (“抱怨”)。
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querulous (比较级 more querulous,最高级 most querulous)
- 爱抱怨的,爱发牢骚的;烦躁的,抱怨的
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, 卷 1,页号 101:
- "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.
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- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
- The nights were now cold, gemmed with a multitude of bright stars, uncanny with the querulous wail of coyotes and the occasional deep voices of wolves.