pettish /'pen/; 'petl/ adj 1 (of a person) having short and often repeated fits of ill temper, like a spoiled child. (指人) 易怒的; 使性子的; 愛鬧脾氣的。 2 (of a remark, act) said or done in a fit of ill temper. (指言語、行為) 發(fā)怒時(shí)說出的; 發(fā)脾氣時(shí)做的。 ~ly adv ~ness n