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dudgeon

/duhj-uhn/US // ˈdʌdʒ ən //UK // (ˈdʌdʒən) //

蠢货,笨蛋,大力神,小气鬼

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a feeling of offense or resentment; anger: He had every right to express his dudgeon.

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Examples

  • Okay, I'm not going to get in high moral dudgeon about this.

  • And surely the victim is not Joe Fan, who though in high dudgeon right now—how could these athletes betray my trust!

  • And with that high moral dudgeon comes yet another risk to patients and hospitals: the corrosive effect of sanctimony.

  • As he looked across the table at his wife, he saw that the word had been taken in deep dudgeon.

  • He just walked straight before him in high dudgeon, taking no notice of the route by which he journeyed, or the flight of time.

  • And in high dudgeon Mrs. Ryan went in, slamming her door behind her with great violence.

  • The sparrows left in high dudgeon, and were not back again in some days, and were then very shy.

  • George nodded; and Margery went back rather in dudgeon, and gave the fire in the next room a fierce poke.