feisty adj. [FYE-stee]

易怒的，活跃的

Definition

1: chiefly Soutern US and Midland US 主要用在美国南部与中部
a: full of nervous energy: fidgety 充满了易怒的能量：烦躁的，不安的，坐立不安的
b: touchy, quarrelsome 易怒的，爱吵架的
b: exuberantly frisky 活泼充满活力的

2: having or showing a lively aggressiveness: spunky
具有或展现活力的进取精神的：有精神的，生气蓬勃的，容易发怒的

注：fidgety ['fɪdʒɪti]：烦躁的，不安的，坐立不安的；touchy：易怒的，敏感的；quarrelsome：喜欢争吵的，好争论的；exuberantly：丰富的，繁茂的，充满活力的；frisky：活泼的，快活的，有性要求的；spunky：容易发怒的，生气蓬勃的

Did You Know?

In certain parts of the United States, most notably the South, the noun feist (pronounced to rhyme with heist) refers to a small dog used in hunting small game animals (such as squirrels). Also spelled fice or fyce, it comes from an obsolete term, "fisting hound," that derived from another obsolete term, fist, a verb that once meant "to break wind." The term feisty has come a long way from its flatulent origin, but its samll-dog association still seems relevant: the term conveys the spunk and determination that one may associate with a dog that manages to make its presence known (either through its bark or its bite) despite its small size.

词源词根演化：fist (to break wind) --> fisting hound --> fice/fyce --> feist

在美国的某些地方，尤其是南部，名词feist（发音韵律与heist [haɪst] 相同）表示一种抓捕小型猎物（例如松鼠）的小型猎犬。也写作fice/fyce，来自于一个过时的词“fisting hound （追屁）”，而这个词又来自于另一个过时的词fist（v. to break wind，放屁，用于逃跑）。形容词feisty起源于“胃胀气，即屁”，一路演化而来，不过它还是与“小猎犬”有些关联：这个词传递着某人的易怒与决定特点与小狗狗怒刷存在感（或者通过狗吠或者）有些相似。

注：rhyme：押韵，韵文；heist：强夺，抢劫；game：猎物；obsolete：过时的；fisting：放屁；hound：猎犬；break wind：放屁；faltulent：肠胃胀气的；spunk：易怒

Examples

"She's feisty. She's bodacious .... She's a bit of a wild child."
--- Vicki Lawrence, quoted in The New York Magazine, 5 Oct. 2018

她作威作福，她胆大包天 ...。她就是个野孩子。

注：bodacious：胆大包天的，也作bowdacious，或bardacious
"The rise of satellite and cable technology in the nineties created new possibilities for nationally syndicated programs built around feisty, voice-driven pundits."
--- Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Sept. 2018

90年代卫星与有线技术的兴起为国家联合项目创造了新的机会，这些项目主要围绕着活跃的，声音驱动的博学家。

注：syndicate：n./v. 企业联合；pundit：权威人士，专家，博学的印度人

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feisty adj. [FYE-stee]

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