curmudgeon是什么意思？

curmudgeon

英[kɜ:ˈmʌdʒən] 美[kɜrˈmʌdʒən]

• n. 坏脾气的人，吝啬鬼，守财奴；

复数：curmudgeons;

形容词：curmudgeonly;

例句

• The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out. 那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊，这样我就脱身了。
• The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives. 那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应.
• ...such a terrible old curmudgeon. 脾气相当暴躁的老倔头

英语四级真题

Curmudgeons (倔脾气的人) who imagine that every renter is a murderer can still stay at conventional hotels.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  恶毒的人;脾气坏的人
  If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
  例句
  ...such a terrible old curmudgeon. 脾气相当暴躁的老倔头

英汉词典释义

• n.
  坏脾气的人,吝啬鬼,守财奴
  The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out. 那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊，这样我就脱身了。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas