having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or made angry 易怒的;急躁的 she was tired and irritable. 她又倦又躁。 ■(Medicine)(of a bodily part or organ) abnormally sensitive (医)(身体部位或器官)过敏的 ■(Medicine)(of a condition) caused by such sensitivity (医)过敏性的;过敏导致的 ■(Biology)(of a living organism) having the property of responding actively to physical stimuli (生)(生物机体)应激性的
派生 irritability noun irritably adverb 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare (see irritate)