obstreperous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əbˈstɹɛp.əɹ.əs/|/ɒbˈstɹɛp.əɹ.əs/    美 /əbˈstɹɛpəɹəs/|/ɑːbˈstɹɛpəɹəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.
    — [O]n a clear still summer evening you may hear from the battery of New York the obstreperous peals of broad-mouthed laughter of the Dutch negroes at Communipaw.
  2. Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).
    — [W]e came to Whittingham. Thence to Newcastle, where an obstreperous horse retarded us for an hour at least.

词形变化

more obstreperous comparative most obstreperous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
obstreperosity obstreperously obstreperousness stroppy unobstreperous

词源

Borrowed from Latin obstreperus, first attested circa 17th c. Compare obstropulous.
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