curmudgeon
GRE畅通词汇
英 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n]
美[kɝ'mʌdʒən]
释义
n. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人
词态变化
复数: curmudgeons;形容词: curmudgeonly;
中文词源
curmudgeon 脾气坏的老年人词源不详，可能来自cur, 恶狗，mudge, 狗叫。
英文词源
- curmudgeon (n.)
- 1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.
双语例句
- 1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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.
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英英释意
- 1. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
实用场景例句
- ...such a terrible old curmudgeon.
- 脾气相当暴躁的老倔头
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
考试真题
- Curmudgeons (倔脾气的人) who imagine that every renter is a murderer can still stay at conventional hotels.
出自-2013年12月
