querulous
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
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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形容詞[編輯]
querulous (比較級 more querulous,最高級 most querulous)
- 愛抱怨的,愛發牢騷的;煩躁的,抱怨的
- 1834,Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara,卷號1, 頁號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.