irritable學測 L6KK [ˈɪrətəbəl] ｜ /ˈɪrətəbəl/
易怒；暴躁·過度敏感；易受刺激
形容易怒，也用於大腸激躁症名稱
Lack of sleep made him irritable, snapping at everyone for no real reason.
睡眠不足讓他變得暴躁，動不動就對每個人發脾氣。
一個畫面：一點刺激就受不了
噪音刺激一點聲音就受不了
搔癢皮膚刺激一來就想抓
壞脾氣小事就發火，不耐煩
義項
壞脾氣爆走C2adjective易怒；暴躁
She is irritable in the mornings until she has had her coffee.
她每天早上都很暴躁，喝了咖啡之後才會好轉。
an irritable moodan irritable child
刺激超敏感C1adjective過度敏感；易受刺激
After a long day at work, she was irritable and easily annoyed by small things like noise and talkative colleagues.
忙了一整天後，她變得很暴躁，連噪音和同事多話這種小事都會讓她生氣。
irritable bowelirritable bladder
片語
irritable bowel syndrome腸胃暴走 →大腸激躁症，腹痛脹氣
get irritable情緒點燃 →變得容易發脾氣
你會不會這樣說？
He was ___ by the loud noise next door, so he asked them to stop. (irritable / irritated)
看答案
irritated
irritated指被某事惹惱；irritable指容易被惹惱。
'irritable bowel syndrome' 最符合哪一項？(A) 情緒疾病 (B) 腸胃疾病 (C) 皮膚疾病
看答案
(B)
IBS指大腸激躁症，屬腸胃疾病；irritable指腸道易受刺激。
字族
irritate 使惱怒；刺激・irritation 惱怒；刺激・irritability 易怒；急躁的特質