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").
雙語例句
1. Her husband had become withdrawn and moody.
她丈夫變得沉默寡言、喜怒無常。
來自柯林斯例句
2. David's mother was unstable and moody.
戴維的媽媽情緒不穩定，心情也不好。
來自柯林斯例句
3. My daughter is very difficult, uncommunicative and moody.