querulous
英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自古法語 querelos,源自晚期拉丁語 querulōsus,源自拉丁語 querulus,源自queror (“抱怨”)。
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[编辑]形容词
[编辑]querulous (比較級 more querulous,最高級 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,頁號 101:
- "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 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.