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peeve 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/pēv/,
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peeves, 3rd person singular present; peeved, past tense; peeved, past participle; peeving, present participle;
  1. Annoy; irritate
    • - he was peeved at being left out of the cabinet
    • - a somewhat peeved tone
Noun
  1. A cause of annoyance
    • - his pet peeve is not having answers for questions from players
  1. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
  2. (peeved) annoyed: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
  3. A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it.
  4. Peeved is an American band that started in 1992 in Redmond, Washington.
  5. (Peeves) Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the fictional wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ...
  6. An annoyance or grievance; To annoy; vex
  7. (Peeves) is a poltergeist who haunts Hogwarts. Being a poltergeist, Peeves is a spirit rather than a physical being, but very different from the ghosts for which he is occasionally mistaken. Peeves is capable of flight, intangibility and teleportation. ...
  8. (PEEVES) A spiteful, malicious ghost who haunts Hogwarts.
  9. (Peeves) is a poltergeist who haunts Hogwarts. Peeves is often "chased" by Argus Filch, who is a Squib, trying to make him stop whatever he is doing. In the last book, Deathly Hallows, he proves himself trustworthy when throwing dung bombs at the Death Eaters. ...
  10. 1.(noun. peev) alcoholic beverage, e.g. 'Ave you got any peeve, I wanna get gattered = Do you have any alcohol, as I'd like to get a little drunk.
  11. shortened from Peeverage thought to be a derivation of the word beverage but In this case always alcoholic