easily made angry 易怒的；暴躁的；动辄发怒的 He was a choleric, self-important little man. 他是一个胆小，自命不凡的小人物。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘bilious’): from Old French cholerique, via Latin from Greek kholerikos, from kholera ‘diarrhoea’, which in late Latin acquired the senses ‘bile or anger’, from Greek kholē ‘bile’.