ir·ri·ta·ble /ˈɪrətəbəl/
(a.)易怒的,急躁的
ir·ri·ta·ble /ˈɪrətəbəl/ 形容詞
應激性的,過敏的
Ir·ri·ta·ble a.
1. Capable of being irritated.
2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
Vicious, old, and irritable. --Tennyson.
3. Physiol. Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
4. Med. Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Syn: -- Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
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irritable
adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his
countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, nettlesome,
peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy]
2: abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
3: capable of responding to stimuli [syn: excitable]