feisty

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
    — spirited and feisty
  2. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
    — small but feisty
  3. Easily offended and ready to bicker.
    — feisty attitude

词形变化

feistier comparative more feisty comparative feistiest superlative most feisty superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
feistily feistiness shiesty unfeisty

词源

1896, American, feist (“small, aggressive dog”) + -y; the term feist (now rare) itself originally meant “stink”, and earlier “fart”, from Middle English, from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European – see feist for details.
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