- 1沒好氣地、不耐煩地（回話）。多用在小說敘述裡，口語比較少講。
If someone answers testily, they answer in a short, impatient, slightly bad-tempered way — the tone of a person whose patience has just run out.
If someone answers testily如果有人testily地回答 they answer他們的回答方式 in a short, impatient, slightly bad-tempered way簡短、沒耐性、有點壞脾氣 the tone of a person那是一種語氣 whose patience has just run out耐性剛好用完的人的語氣
It is not shouting or real anger; it is the sharp edge in the voice of someone who is tired, or who has been asked the same thing three times.
It is not它不是 shouting or real anger大吼或真正的生氣 it is而是 the sharp edge in the voice語氣裡那種尖銳感 of someone who is tired屬於一個很累的人 or who has been asked the same thing three times或被問了同一件事三次的人
You meet it most in novels and news writing, almost always beside a speaking verb: he said testily, she replied testily, 'What now?' he asked testily.
You meet it most你最常在 in novels and news writing小說和新聞寫作裡遇到它 almost always beside a speaking verb幾乎都跟講話的動詞一起出現 he said testily他testily地說 she replied testily她testily地回答 'What now?' he asked testily「又怎麼了？」他testily地問
In everyday spoken English people would say , sharply, or 'in an irritated voice' instead. So treat it as a reading word more than a speaking word: recognising it tells you a lot about how a character in a story is feeling.
In everyday spoken English在日常口語英文裡 people would say大家會說 crossly, sharply, or 'in an irritated voice' instead改用crossly、sharply或「用不耐煩的語氣」 So treat it as所以把它當成 a reading word more than a speaking word一個閱讀用的字，而不是口說用的字 recognising it tells you a lot認出這個字能告訴你很多 about how a character in a story is feeling關於故事裡一個角色的心情
core核心畫面
組成testy (easily annoyed) + -ly, the ending that turns a describing word into a word about how something is done.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
testilyadv
- 1
In a testy way; in the manner of someone who is testy.
- […]thinking it urgent to say something, I asked him presently if he felt any cold draught from the door, which was behind him. "No, no!" he responded shortly and somewhat testily.
- `We have been looking for a mystery, and we certainly seem to have found one.' `What do I make of it? Why, that your poor dear father was off his head, of course,' I answered, testily.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。