tantrums

英 [ˈtæntrəmz]

美 [ˈtæntrəmz]

n.  (尤指儿童)耍脾气，使性子
tantrum的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 发脾气;耍性子
  If a child has atantrum, they lose their temper in a noisy and uncontrolled way. If you say that an adult is throwing atantrum, you are criticizing them for losing their temper and acting in a childish way.
  1. My son had a tantrum and banged his fist on the ground...
     我儿子大发脾气，一拳捶在了地上。
  2. He immediately threw a tantrum, screaming and stomping up and down like a child.
     他立即耍起性子来，像小孩似的跺着脚又叫又跳。

双语例句

• As your columnist's children grow up, the need to untangle their tantrums, feuds and nonsense is becoming pleasingly rare.
  令人欣慰的是，当你专栏作家的孩子长大了，要解开他们的怨怒、积怨和冒失的需要，变得微乎其微。
• But the firmness gradually faded away before her incessant importunings and tantrums.
  可是这坚定在她不停的恳求和怒吼下又渐渐消失了。
• Expect temper tantrums on the home front if you haven't been letting someone have their way.
  如果你没有让家里的某些成员得到他们想要的，他们很有可能会发脾气的。
• Of course, I'd kicked up enough tantrums to end the fishing trips by the time I was eleven.
  当然，当我十一岁的时候，我终于把我的怒火发作了出来，终结了钓鱼之旅。
• Of course, people who throw temper tantrums or who overreact are frowned upon for their bad behavior.
  当然勃然大怒或者反应过度的习惯是不受欢迎的。
• After a phase of throwing temper tantrums and watching cartoons, the brothers have gradually lost the ability to talk and walk, leaving them crawling around their parents 'home.
  他们发脾气，也看动画片。一段时间后，这对兄弟俩渐渐失去了谈话和走路的能力，只好留他们在父母亲家里任由他们四处爬行。
• Tantrums are common and normal around this age.
  在这个年龄段，哭闹是很常见并正常的现象。
• Small children throw temper tantrums when they are upset or angry and immature adults sometimes scream or commit random acts of violence.
  小孩子在愤怒、生气的时候大发脾气；不成熟的成年人有时候尖叫，或做出随意暴力行为。
• If she didn't get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in.
  倘若她得不到想要的东西就会大发脾气直到家人顺从。
• If she doesn't get her own way she has temper tantrums just like a child.
  如果她不能为所欲为，她就发孩子脾气。