Word · Frequency #14480
fussy
烦躁的；易怒的
annoyed and irritable
- 1.
Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
对琐碎细节过于讲究或挑剔；难以取悦。
- 2.
annoyed and irritable
烦躁和易怒
- 3.
Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
容易烦躁、哭闹或脾气不好的(尤其指婴儿)。
- 4.
overcrowded or cluttered with detail
拥挤或细节繁杂
- 5.
Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.
有很多不必要的细节或装饰。
- 6.
exacting especially about details
对细节要求严格
对琐碎细节过于讲究或挑剔；难以取悦。；烦躁和易怒；容易烦躁、哭闹或脾气不好的(尤其指婴儿)。；拥挤或细节繁杂；有很多不必要的细节或装饰。
In use
Grandpa gets fussy when he misses his afternoon nap.
The fussy toddler finally calmed down after a warm bath.
We were all feeling fussier after the delayed train kept us waiting for an hour.
a fussy design
fussy about clothes
be fussy about sth
She is very fussy about her food.
她对食物非常挑剔。
be too fussy to do sth
too...to结构表示‘太……以至于不能’
He was too fussy to eat the soup.
他太挑剔了，不肯喝汤。
Connections
Collocations
- fussy eater
- 挑食的人
- My son is such a fussy eater that he only eats plain rice.我儿子特别挑食，只吃白米饭。
- fussy baby
- 爱哭闹的婴儿
- Our baby is fussy and cries a lot.我们的宝宝很爱哭闹。
- be fussy about
- 对……很挑剔
- She is very fussy about how her desk is organized.她对自己的办公桌摆放非常挑剔。
- get fussy
- 变得烦躁；开始哭闹
- He gets fussy if he has to wait too long.如果等太久，他就会变得烦躁。
- not fussy
- 不挑剔；随便
- I'm not fussy; any restaurant is fine.我不挑剔，哪家餐厅都行。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：fussy里有fuss（大惊小怪）。对小事也大惊小怪，就是难伺候的fussy。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：parenting or childcare situations、everyday conversation about someone's mood、informal writing or personal messages 通常用于日常口语和非正式场合，形容人（尤其是婴儿或小孩）容易烦躁、爱闹情绪；比较常见于描述具体情绪反应，较正式表达常用 irritable。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的押韵词：hussy、gussy、mussy，均以 /ˈʌsi/ 结尾。注意：fuzzy /ˈfʌzi/、fusty /ˈfʌsti/ 和 busy /ˈbɪzi/ 拼写相似，但发音与 fussy 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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