crotchety
英 ['kr?t??t?]
美['krɑt??ti]
- adj. 有怪想的，想入非非的；反復(fù)無(wú)常的
GRE
中文詞源
crotchety 脾氣壞的
詞源同crook, cranky. 即腦子轉(zhuǎn)彎，跟常人不一樣的。
英文詞源
- crotchety (adj.)
- 1825, from crotchet "whim or fancy" + -y (2). But the sense evolution is obscure.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was tired and crotchety.
- 他累了，動(dòng)不動(dòng)就發(fā)火。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. He is a crotchety old man.
- 他是個(gè)脾氣暴躁的老頭。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.
- 他反復(fù)無(wú)常 、 甚至是殘酷的行為一定也是由于復(fù)雜的性格原因.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
- 不出所料, 這個(gè)大膽, 些許有些離奇的建議一經(jīng)提出便立刻引起爭(zhēng)議.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
