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waspish

/wos-pish/US // ˈwɒs pɪʃ //UK // (ˈwɒspɪʃ) //

卑鄙小人,卑鄙的人,卑鄙的,卑鄙无耻

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like or suggesting a wasp, especially in behavior.
    • : quick to resent a trifling affront or injury; snappish.
    • : irascibly or petulantly spiteful: waspish writing.
    • : having a slight or slender build.

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Examples

  • But they also reveal a waspish, bitter man frequently disillusioned with film and theatre.

  • This brief, innocent encounter was talked up by the waspish gossip columnist Rona Barrett.

  • A better weapon than his waspish tongue was Parpon's voice, for it, before all, was persuasive.

  • She began to say very kind things to me in rather a waspish tone yesterday morning at breakfast.

  • When a man is touchy and waspish, he is always looking out for, and catching at, occasions of offence.

  • Her cutaway coat was buttoned tightly over a manly bosom, and her waist was not waspish.

  • Let her be a little less waspish and I will try to get along with her.