crotchety
有怪想的
常用释义
英音[ ˈkrɒtʃəti ]
美音[ ˈkrɑːtʃəti ]
基本释义
- adj. 有怪想的，想入非非的；反复无常的
例句
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1·He was tired and crotchety.他累了，动不动就发火。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·It seems that he is in crotchety opposition to his father.看起来，他对他爸爸火气很大，也很敌对。
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3·You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant, and cantankerous.当你易怒、任性、想法怪异、刚愎自用时，你才会变老。
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4·A long, crotchety letter, as we might say in Chile: gloomy and irritable.正像我们可能在智利所说的一封长长的、脾气暴躁的书信：令人扫兴和易怒。
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5·Once I did have to climb a tree, when I met two crotchety old bulls along a narrow track.有一次我确实不得不爬树，因为我在一条狭窄的小路上遇到了两只反复无常老野牛。
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6·A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives.很多老年人脾气暴躁，因为他们一辈子都在怨天尤人。
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7·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，甚至对于感恩节晚宴上最变态的大叔也是如此。
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8·On deadline day, the paper's crotchety general manager would suddenly appear over her shoulder, inspecting her work for errors.在最终期限将至的一天，这位脾气古怪的总经理总会突然出现在她身边，给她的工作挑点毛病。
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9·At his first face-to-face debate with Mr Obama on September 26th, he refused to look his opponent in the face, which made him seem crotchety and disrespectful.在9月26号与奥巴马的第一场面对面的辩论中，他拒绝正面看他的对手，从而让人们觉得他很固执和失礼。
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10·A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives. Down in Florida, my mother describes condo-association bickering as' nitpicking in paradise.很多老年人脾气暴躁，因为他们一辈子都在怨天尤人。(在佛罗里达州，我妈妈把公寓里的邻里争吵称为“在天堂里吹毛求疵”。)
同义词
adj.
有怪想的，想入非非的；反复无常的
同根词
词根：
crotchet
crotchet
n
小钩；奇想；怪想；反复无常
crotchetiness
n
有怪想；反复无常