crotchety

美 [?krɑt??ti] 　英 [?kr?t??ti]

• adj.脾氣壞的；易怒的；動輒生氣的
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)有怪想的；想入非非的；怪念頭

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例句

The next thing I knew, his crotchety neighbor was laying out his ideas on Israeli foreign policy at the top of his lungs.

接著，他那古怪的鄰居就開始聲嘶力竭地發(fā)表他對以色列外交政策的意見。

the truth was that Humfrey was a crotchety old man who preferred isolation in the wilderness.

實際情況是漢弗萊是一個性情古怪的老頭，喜歡一個人隱居在荒野外。

It was one of those rare occasions when I ignored the crotchety old voice that spoiled my fun.

像這樣無視那扼殺了我的樂趣的古怪聲音，還真是屈指可數(shù)。我總算是開了竅。

My character is the sort of crotchety Yankee show -me type, and I'm not there to actually do the cooking.

我的性格屬于那種美國式的想入非非的自我展示型，我實際上不是真的在烹調(diào)。

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(jīng)提出便立刻引起爭議。

On deadline day, the paper's crotchety general manager would suddenly appear over her shoulder, inspecting her work for errors.

在最終期限將至的一天，這位脾氣古怪的總經(jīng)理總會突然出現(xiàn)在她身邊，給她的工作挑點毛病。

n. It seems that he is in crotchety opposition to his father.

看起來，他對他爸爸火氣很大，也很敵對。

Anyone can experience it and benefit from it, even the most crotchety uncle at the Thanksgiving dinner table.

人人都可以感受它，也可以受益于它，甚至對于感恩節(jié)晚宴上最變態(tài)的大叔也是如此。

A long, crotchety letter, as we might say in Chile: gloomy and irritable.

正像我們可能在智利所說的一封長長的、脾氣暴躁的書信：令人掃興和易怒。

Once I did have to climb a tree, when I met two crotchety old bulls along a narrow track.

有一次我確實不得不爬樹，因為我在一條狹窄的小路上遇到了兩只反復(fù)無常老野牛。

He was tired and crotchety.

他累了，動不動就發(fā)火。

A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives.

很多老年人脾氣暴躁，因為他們一輩子都在怨天尤人。