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spleeny

/splee-nee/US // ˈspli ni //

脾脏,脾性,脾脏的,脾虚

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    spleen·i·er, spleen·i·est.

    • : abundant in or displaying spleen.

Examples

  • I suppose being shut up in the house with my sprained ankle makes me spleeny.

  • The man who thinks he is dying may be spleeny, but the man who says he is spleeny is, of the two, the one more likely to be dying.

  • He is a spleeny, querulous, joyless fellow, of thin blood and aching liver.

  • Being in a spleeny and uncomfortable mood to-day, what resource so legitimate as to betake myself to my own family?

  • "I've an idea I'm spleeny," he replied with a ghastly attempt at a smile.