persnickety
英 [p?'sn?k?t?]
美[p?'sn?k?ti]
- adj. 愛挑剔的；要求極度精確的；難應付的
英英釋意
- 1. used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant;
- "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
- "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
- 2. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details;
- "a persnickety job"
- "a persnickety school teacher"