in high dudgeon

介词短语 形容词 adj.

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Resentfully or furiously, with indignation or pomposity. idiomatic
    — When civil dudgeon first grew high, \ And men fell out, they knew not why; \ When hard words, jealousies, and fears, \ Set folks together by the ears..
形容词 adj.
  1. Indignant and enraged. not-comparable
    — “[…] But wandering here and there, incognito in a vapor, so much wickedness did Vivo spy out, that in high dudgeon he hurried up his ladder, knocking the mountains from under him as he went. […]”
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