cantankerous
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adj. 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
adj.
脾气不好的，爱争吵的；
英英释义
cantankerous[ kæn'tæŋkərəs ]
adj.
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
同义词：bloody-minded
having a difficult and contrary disposition
"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"
同义词：crotchetyornery
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The cantankerous bus driver rouse on the childrenfor singing.
那个坏脾气的公共汽车司机因为孩子们唱歌而骂他们。
He's a cantankerous, nasty man who hates students with a passion.
他是一个脾气很坏，令人讨厌的人，他的爱好就是与学生作对。
David's first wife was cantankerous.
大卫的第一任妻子是一个很任性的人。
权威例句
CANTANKEROUSCantankerous
"CANTANKEROUS"
Cantankerous maps and rotary embeddings of K n
The weaver mouse: a most cantankerous rodent.
The nurse as advocate: a cantankerous critique.
'A most cantankerous and awkward bunch': The Study Group on Government and the Weaver Report (1966)
Cantankerous creativity: Honesty–Humility, Agreeableness, and the HEXACO structure of creative achievement
Collaborative Inquiry: A Congenial Paradigm in a Cantankerous World.
Water and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Complex, Chaotic, or Simply Cantankerous?
cantankerous
cantankerous: [18] Cantankerous is a rather mysterious word. It first appears in the 1770s, and the earliest known reference to it is in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer 1772: ‘There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all christendom’. Its origin is disputed: perhaps the likeliest source is Middle English contekour ‘brawler’, from contek ‘strife’, a borrowing from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman *contek, but an Irish origin has also been suggested, perhaps from Irish cannrán ‘strife, grumbling’ (another early user of the word was the Irish playwright Thomas Sheridan).
cantankerous (adj.)
1772, said to be "a Wiltshire word," probably from an alteration (influenced by raucous) of Middle English contakour "troublemaker" (c. 1300), from Anglo-French contec "discord, strife," from Old French contechier (Old North French contekier), from con- "with" + teche, related to atachier "hold fast" (see attach). With -ous. Related: Cantankerously; cantankerousness.
1. This "troubleshooter" listened and let the cantankerous customer enjoy himself pouring out his tirade
这位「调解员」去那里后，静静听着。 尽量让这位好争论的老先生，发泄他满肚子的牢骚。
-- 来源 -- life - 汉英
2. cantankerous adj.
心地不良的；爱吵架的
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
3. A cantankerous person; a perverse character
顽固分子
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语
4. Mrs Letouzel, you cantankerous old bag, what do you mean, by complaining about your money!
累托兹太太，你这个老泼妇，你为你的钱叫苦连天，这究竟是什么意思！
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
5. a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady- Dorothy Sayers.
喜欢吵架、言语恶毒的老女人——桃乐茜·赛耶斯。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
6. and after drinking, his eyes brimming with tears, he would be particularly cantankerous.
酒后眼泪在眼圈里，就特别的好找毛
-- 来源 -- 汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子 - P_luotuoxiangzi-17
7. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas.
一个脾气暴躁并且很难应付的老人。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
8. This “troubleshooter” listened and let the cantankerous customer enjoy himself pouring out his tirade
这位「调解员」去那里后，静静听着。尽量让这位好争论的老先生，发泄他满肚子的牢骚。
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9. 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。
-- 来源 -- 名作英译部分 - P_deguorenhali
10. an argumentative discourse; argumentative to the point of being cantankerous; an intelligent but argumentative
与人争辩的演讲；爱与人争辩到了刚愎自用的程度；一个聪明但爱与人争辩的小孩。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
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