cantankerous
英 [kæn'tæŋk(ə)rəs]
美[kæn'tæŋkərəs]
- adj. 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
英英释义
- 1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
- "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
- 2. having a difficult and contrary disposition;
- "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
实用场景例句
- a cantankerous old man
- 爱抱怨的老头
牛津词典
- ...a cantankerous old man.
- 牢骚满腹的老人
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Cantankerous chap Roger always was.
- 罗杰始终是一个坏脾气的家伙.
期刊摘选
- This " troubleshooter " listened and let the cantankerous customer enjoy himself pouring out his tirade.
- 这位 [ 调解员 ] 去那里后,静静听着.尽量让这位好争论的老先生,发泄他满肚子的牢骚.
期刊摘选
- Mrs Letouzel, you cantankerous old bag , what do you mean, by complaining about your money!
- 累托兹太太, 你这个老泼妇, 你为你的钱叫苦连天,这究竟是什么意思!
期刊摘选
- The cantankerous bus driver rouse on the children for singing.
- 那个坏脾气的公共汽车司机因为孩子们唱歌而骂他们.
期刊摘选
- And for the bruised and cantankerous American psyche, it could not come at a worse time.
- 对于目前美国伤痕累累和暴躁的精神状态, 这次的事件发生的时机真是再坏不过了.
期刊摘选
- David's first wife , was cantankerous.
- 是一个很任性的人.
期刊摘选
- He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.
- 他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。
辞典例句
- a cantankerous old man
- 爱抱怨的老头
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
中文词源
cantankerous 坏脾气的
可能来自contentious和raucous的合成词。或来自于cantan, 鸭叫声，见canary, -ker, 狗叫声，见cur, curmudgeon.
英文词源
- cantankerous
- cantankerous: [18] Cantankerous is a rather mysterious word. It first appears in the 1770s, and the earliest known reference to it is in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer 1772: ‘There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all christendom’. Its origin is disputed: perhaps the likeliest source is Middle English contekour ‘brawler’, from contek ‘strife’, a borrowing from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman *contek, but an Irish origin has also been suggested, perhaps from Irish cannrán ‘strife, grumbling’ (another early user of the word was the Irish playwright Thomas Sheridan).
- cantankerous (adj.)
- 1772, said to be "a Wiltshire word," probably from an alteration (influenced by raucous) of Middle English contakour "troublemaker" (c. 1300), from Anglo-French contec "discord, strife," from Old French contechier (Old North French contekier), from con- "with" + teche, related to atachier "hold fast" (see attach). With -ous. Related: Cantankerously; cantankerousness.
双语例句
- 1. a cantankerous old man
- 爱抱怨的老头
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.
- 他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。
来自辞典例句
- 3. He was nothing but a narrow, ignorant, and cantankerous sea -- faring man .
- 他只不过是个狭隘无知 、 脾气 暴戾 的海员而已.
来自名作英译部分
- 4. Sometimes they can be cantankerous, mean - spirited, unkind, and sometimes downright cruel.
- 有时候,他们可能脾气古怪, 心胸狭窄, 不友善, 有时简直是残酷的.
来自互联网
- 5. The cantankerous bus driver rouse on the children for singing.
- 那个坏脾气的公共汽车司机因为孩子们唱歌而骂他们.
来自互联网