Old English modig "brave, proud, high-spirited, impetuous, arrogant," from Proto-Germanic *modago- (cognates: Old Saxon modag, Dutch moedig, German mutig, Old Norse moeugr); see mood (1) + -y (2). Meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1590s (via a Middle English sense of "angry").
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Her husband had become withdrawn and moody.
她丈夫變得沉默寡言、喜怒無(wú)常。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. David's mother was unstable and moody.
戴維的媽媽情緒不穩(wěn)定，心情也不好。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. My daughter is very difficult, uncommunicative and moody.