out of sorts

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms. idiomatic
    — [T]he trooper fails to fasten the brooch. His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. "Would any one believe this?" says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. "I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!"
  2. With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font. dated

词形变化

more out of sorts comparative most out of sorts superlative

词汇关系

近义词
out of order
相关词
out of spirits

词源

Comes from printing terminology where "sort" means a metal type for printing a particular letter.
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