crotchety
英 ['krɒtʃɪtɪ]
美['krɑtʃəti]
- adj. 有怪想的，想入非非的；反复无常的
英英释义
- 1. having a difficult and contrary disposition;
- "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
实用场景例句
- He was tired and crotchety.
- 他累了，动不动就发火。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- He is a crotchety old man.
- 他是个脾气暴躁的老头。
辞典例句
- His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.
- 他反复无常 、 甚至是残酷的行为一定也是由于复杂的性格原因.
互联网
- It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
- 不出所料, 这个大胆, 些许有些离奇的建议一经提出便立刻引起争议.
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中文词源
crotchety 脾气坏的
词源同crook, cranky. 即脑子转弯，跟常人不一样的。
英文词源
- crotchety (adj.)
- 1825, from crotchet "whim or fancy" + -y (2). But the sense evolution is obscure.
双语例句
- 1. He was tired and crotchety.
- 他累了，动不动就发火。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He is a crotchety old man.
- 他是个脾气暴躁的老头。
来自辞典例句
- 3. His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.
- 他反复无常 、 甚至是残酷的行为一定也是由于复杂的性格原因.
来自互联网
- 4. It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
- 不出所料, 这个大胆, 些许有些离奇的建议一经提出便立刻引起争议.
来自互联网