temper ♦︎ tantrum ♦︎ rage ♦︎ mood ♦︎ sulk ♦︎ huffThese are all words for a short period of angry behaviour or of feeling angry.这些词均表示发脾气、怒气、不悦。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达发脾气的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be in a temper / rage / huff at / about / over sth◆in a temper / rage / mood / sulk / huff◆a violent temper / tantrum / rage◆to have a temper / a tantrum / the sulks◆to get in a temper / rage / huff◆to fly into a temper / rage■temper [countable, usually singular, uncountable] if sb has a temper, they get angry easily脾气;易怒的性情◆He has a short / quick temper(= gets angry very easily).他是个急性子。◆You must learn to control your temper.你得学会捺住性子。◆After an hour of waiting tempers began to fray(= people began to get angry).等了一个小时后,大伙开始冒火了。◆She broke the plates in a fit of temper.她一气之下把盘子都摔碎了。ⓘ A temper is also a short period of feeling very angry. * temper亦指一阵暴怒、怒气◆She says awful things when she's in a temper.她一发脾气说话就很难听。 see also lose your temper ⇨ lose your temper■tantrum ˈtæntrəm [countable] a sudden short period of angry, unreasonable behaviour, especially in a child(尤指儿童)耍脾气,使性子◆They claimed she threw tantrums and was difficult to work with.他们说她爱使性子,很难一起工作。◆Young children often have temper tantrums.小孩子经常爱使性子。■rage [countable] a period of violent anger that is difficult to control暴怒;狂怒◆Sue stormed out in a rage.苏大发雷霆。◆She attacked him in a jealous rage.她因妒忌而发怒攻击他。 see also rage ⇨ angernoun■mood [countable] a period of being angry or impatient坏心境;坏脾气◆I wonder why he's in such a mood today.我不知道他为什么今天脾气这么坏。◆She was in one of her moods(= one of her regular periods of being angry or impatient).她心情又不好了。◆to be in a bad / foul / filthy / terrible mood情绪不佳/很差/很坏/极糟 see also mood ⇨ mood, moody ⇨ moody■sulk [countable] (BrE alsothe sulks [plural]) a period of being silent and bad-tempered because you are annoyed about sth生闷气;愠怒◆Jo was in a sulk upstairs.乔在楼上生闷气。◆Ed's got the sulks again.埃德又生闷气了。 see also sulk ⇨ broodverb, sulky ⇨ irritable■huff [countable] (informal) a period of being bad-tempered, especially because sb has annoyed or upset you怒气冲冲,生气(尤指被人惹恼或烦乱所致)◆She went home in a huff.她怒气冲冲地回家了。