crotchety
英['kr?t??t?]
美['krɑt??ti]
- adj. 有怪想的，想入非非的；反復無常的
中文詞源
crotchety 脾氣壞的
詞源同crook, cranky. 即腦子轉彎，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.
雙語例句
- 1. He was tired and crotchety.
- 他累了，動不動就發火。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He is a crotchety old man.
- 他是個脾氣暴躁的老頭。
來自辭典例句
- 3. His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.
- 他反復無常 、 甚至是殘酷的行為一定也是由于復雜的性格原因.
來自互聯網
- 4. It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
- 不出所料, 這個大膽, 些許有些離奇的建議一經提出便立刻引起爭議.
來自互聯網