fitful

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɪtf(ʊ)l/    美 /ˈfɪtf(ə)l/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characterized by fits (convulsions or seizures). obsolete
    — Duncane is in his Graue: After Lifes fitfull Feuer, he ſleepes well, Treaſon ha's done his worſt: not Steele, not Poyſon, Mallice domeſtique, forraine Leuie, nothing, Can touch him further.
  2. Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady. broadly
    — His breathing was fitful.

词形变化

more fitful comparative most fitful superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
fitfully fitfulness unfitful
相关词
in fits and starts

词源

From fit (“convulsion, seizure; sudden burst of activity”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun).
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