Word · Frequency #11965
irritable
容易生气的；爱发脾气的
getting annoyed easily; quick to become angry or upset
- 1.
Capable of being irritated.
能被激怒的。
- 2.
easily irritated or annoyed
易怒的
- 3.
Easily exasperated or excited.
易被激怒的,易烦躁的。
- 4.
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
对刺激异常敏感的
- 5.
Responsive to stimuli.
对刺激有反应的。
- 6.
capable of responding to stimuli
能对刺激作出反应的
对刺激过度敏感的；有应激性的；能被激怒的。；易怒的；易被激怒的,易烦躁的。
In use
After a sleepless night, he was very irritable and snapped at everyone.
The constant noise from the construction site made the residents irritable.
She tends to get irritable when she's hungry.
be irritable
描述常态，be动词随主语变化。
He is often irritable in the morning.
他早上经常易怒。
become/get irritable
表示状态变化，become/get后接形容词。
She became irritable after working for hours.
她工作数小时后变得易怒。
irritable with sb
The patient was irritable with the nurses.
Connections
Collocations
- irritable bowel syndrome
- 肠易激综合征
- Stress can make the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome worse.压力会加重肠易激综合征的症状。
- feel irritable
- 感到烦躁
- I feel irritable when I haven't eaten for a long time.我长时间不吃饭时会感到烦躁。
- make someone irritable
- 使某人烦躁
- Lack of sleep can make people irritable.睡眠不足会使人烦躁。
- be irritable with someone
- 对某人易怒
- She's a little irritable with everyone today.她今天对谁都有点不耐烦。
- irritable baby
- 烦躁哭闹的婴儿
- An irritable baby may just need to be held or comforted.烦躁哭闹的婴儿可能只是需要抱抱或安抚。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 irritate（激怒）+ able（能）→ 容易被激怒、一点就着的人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、describing someone's mood or temperament 表示“易怒、爱发脾气”时通常为中性，日常口语和书面语都比较常见；若指医学或生物学上的“对刺激异常敏感”或“能对刺激作出反应”，则多用于专业语境。
Grammar Note
常用于系动词后，后接with+人表示对某人生气，后接about+事表示因某事烦躁
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end in the same unstressed suffix /əbəl/ (spelled -able or -ible), matching the final sound of irritable. None is a true rhyme with irritable because its stressed vowel /ɪr/ differs from the stressed vowel of each comparison word. Watch the spelling lookalikes: terrible, horrible, and possible end in -ible, not -able, while capable, miserable, and vegetable end in -able. Vegetable is the only noun here and has the closest ending /təbəl/ to the /rətəbəl/ of irritable.
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。
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