restive
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
— The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
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Resistant to control; stubborn.
— Yet I am of Opinion, this Defect ariſeth chiefly from a perverſe, reſtive Diſpoſition. For they are cunning, malicious, treacherous and revengeful.
- Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
词形变化
词汇关系
词源
Modification of earlier restiff, from Middle English restyf, from Old French restif, from rester (“to stay, remain”), from Latin restō.
* Shares an etymology with rest ("to remain," obsolete)
*Merriam-Webster states that this word was originally used to describe horses that disobeyed commands. Presumably, then, the word came to mean fidgety or anxious more broadly.
* Shares an etymology with rest ("to remain," obsolete)
*Merriam-Webster states that this word was originally used to describe horses that disobeyed commands. Presumably, then, the word came to mean fidgety or anxious more broadly.
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