ANGRYa sudden short period when someone, especially a child, behaves very angrily and unreasonably 〔尤指孩子突然无理的〕脾气发作
have/throw a tantrum
She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants.
她得不到想要的玩具就会大发脾气。
children’s temper tantrums
小孩子的脾气发作
Examples from the Corpus
tantrum• He threw a few tantrums, I remember that.• Many parents and teachers back down in the face of a massivetantrum.• And he is known for his after-match tantrums, which include an incident when he kicked down an advertisingboard.• He threw a tempertantrum at school when two of the newcomers took his soccerball.• Sooner or later the persistenttactics of the passive-aggressive child will result in temper tantrums.
temper tantrums• His denial of the regular Clinton temper tantrumsdescribed in the book, though, was rather more tepid.• Although a recoveringalcoholic and noted for temper tantrums, she could never be accused of being bland.• Is very emotional, frequently crying or having temper tantrums? 6.• Sooner or later the persistent tactics of the passive-aggressive child will result in temper tantrums.• Prolonged temper tantrums were not part of his personality.• Children beg, cry, throw temper tantrums, flatter, and employcountlesstechniques to get what they want.• The tell-tale signs are a completehumourtransplant, temper tantrums, and strong Nietzschean overtones to all their actions.• The parents agreed that the priority problem was temper tantrums which always occurred after refusal of Joanne's demands.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TANTRUMADJECTIVE➤temper大發脾氣➤major (especially NAmE) 發大脾氣➤little發小脾氣◇He had a little temper tantrum yesterday.他昨天發了點兒脾氣。➤occasional偶爾發脾氣◇All kids have the occasional tantrum.所有的孩子都會偶爾發發脾氣。VERB + TANTRUM➤have, throw發脾氣◇He threw a tantrum on the school bus.他在校車上發了一通脾氣。➤deal with應付耍脾氣▸➤ignore不理會發脾氣