cantankerous是什么意思？

cantankerous

英[kænˈtæŋkərəs] 美[kænˈtæŋkərəs]

• adj. 脾气不好的，爱争吵的；

例句

• a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady 喜欢吵架、言语恶毒的老女人
• ...a cantankerous old man. 牢骚满腹的老人
• 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.
• He met a crabbed, cantankerous director. 他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。
• a cantankerous old man 爱抱怨的老头

同义词

• adj.
  cantankerous的同义词之：易怒的;卑鄙的;好打架的
  cranky, irritable, cross, mean, quarrelsome,
• cantankerous的同义词之：其他释义
  irritable, quarrelsome, mean, cranky, cross,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  爱吵架的;爱发牢骚的
  Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
  例句
  ...a cantankerous old man. 牢骚满腹的老人

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  脾气不好的,爱争吵的
  a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady 喜欢吵架、言语恶毒的老女人
• adv.

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
  "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
  2. having a difficult and contrary disposition;
  "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers