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cantankerous [kænˈtæŋkərəs]

adj. 脾气不好的，爱争吵的;
[同义词] 易怒的;卑鄙的;好打架的: cranky irritable cross mean quarrelsome

例句:

  • He cursed Foster for a meddling, cantankerous fanatic.
    来自Hugh Walpole
  • Wineapple describes this interesting character as tart and cantankerous.
    来自NEWYORKER
  • a cantankerous old man
    爱抱怨的老头
  • He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.
    他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。
  • 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.
  • The second sees off Joyce's cantankerous mother.
    来自THETIMES