stroppy的意思

stroppy

英式音标['strɑpi]

基本解释

adj. 蛮横的，刁蛮的

stroppy 易生气的，性情暴躁的

缩写（改写）自 obstreperous,吵闹的，性情暴躁的。

stroppy (adj.): "rebellious," by 1943, British nautical slang, perhaps a slang mangling of obstreperous. "Sea Passages: A Naval Anthology and Introduction to the Study of English" [1943, Geoffrey Callender] quotes from a letter:
Why Nobby should reckon that his raggie should blow the gaff, when there are crushers everywhere, leaves me guessing; but there it is. In the last dog he rounded on me and called me a white rat. I got stroppy and told him he was shooting a line: but all he said was, 'Oh! choke your luff! I'm looking for another oppo you snivelling sand-catcher.' So that looks like paying off.
to which Callender adds, "There is nothing in this letter which an active service rating could fail to understand."

2. A mother I knew was going through a really unpleasant time with a stroppy teenage son.: 我认识的一位母亲因为十几岁的儿子脾气暴躁、任性叛逆而过得很不开心。

3. The gas people haven't called to repair the cooker so I shall have to get stroppy with them.: 他们还没有叫煤气修理工来修理煤气灶，我怎么能不生气。

5. And you'll have to watch the seagulls -- not to mention stroppy shopkeepers!: 你还得小心海鸥, 更别说脾气暴躁的店主.