persnickety
英[pə'snɪkɪtɪ]
美[pɚ'snɪkəti]
- adj. 爱挑剔的；要求极度精确的；难应付的
英英释意
- 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"