a short fuse

常见例句

Boy, that football coach sure have a short fuse.
天啦，那个足球教练真是个脾气暴躁的人。
In the Americans system of values, patience is not high priority. Many of us have what might be called "a short fuse".
在美国人的价值观中，耐心不是很首要的。我们很多人会被称为“急脾气”
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Many of us have what might be called ―a short fuse. ‖ We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some returnbe this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest.
我们中的很多人被称为“脾气火爆” 。如果我们觉得时间在毫无意义的溜走，既没有娱乐价值，工作价值，也不在休息，那就会开始不停地徘徊。

In Game Three of the Divisional Series between the Rangers-Rays, you could sense that Joe Maddon and his ball club were working on a short fuse when it came to the umpires.
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He had a short fuse.
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Researchers will participate in a short-fuse, crucible-style environment to invent new approaches to the identification of people, places, things and activities from still or moving defense and open-source imagery.
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