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be fussy about sth
She is very fussy about her food.
她对食物非常挑剔。
烦躁的；易怒的
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烦躁的；易怒的
annoyed and irritable
She is very fussy about her food.
她对食物非常挑剔。
对琐碎细节过于讲究或挑剔；难以取悦。
Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
烦躁和易怒
annoyed and irritable
容易烦躁、哭闹或脾气不好的(尤其指婴儿)。
Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
拥挤或细节繁杂
overcrowded or cluttered with detail
Grandpa gets fussy when he misses his afternoon nap.
爷爷下午没睡午觉就会变得烦躁。
AI contextual example
The fussy toddler finally calmed down after a warm bath.
那个烦躁的幼儿洗了个温水澡后终于安静下来。
AI contextual example
We were all feeling fussier after the delayed train kept us waiting for an hour.
火车晚点让我们等了一个小时，我们都觉得更烦躁了。
AI contextual example
a fussy design
一个挑剔的设计
WordNet
She is very fussy about her food.
她对食物非常挑剔。
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。
Not this
He is fussy with his food.
Use this
He is fussy about his food.
fussy 表示对某事物挑剔时，固定搭配介词 about，而不是 with。
Not this
She fussies too much.
Use this
She is too fussy.
fussy 是形容词，不能直接用作动词；应使用 be + fussy 结构。
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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。
爱哭闹的婴儿
Our baby is fussy and cries a lot.
我们的宝宝很爱哭闹。
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。
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。
不挑剔；随便
I'm not fussy; any restaurant is fine.
我不挑剔，哪家餐厅都行。
不挑剔的；无所谓的
Do you want tea or coffee? — I'm not fussy.
你要茶还是咖啡？——我无所谓。
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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。
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。
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。
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