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fractious

英 ['frækʃəs] 美
  • adj. 易怒的;倔强的,难以对待的

英英释意


1. stubbornly resistant to authority or control;
"a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
"a refractory child"
2. easily irritated or annoyed;
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
3. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome;
"rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas"
"fractious components of a communication system"