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curmudgeon

C 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n]
  • 美式音标 [kɚˈmʌdʒ.ən]
  • 国际音标 [kə:'mʌdʒən]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人

词根记忆

  • cur(跑) + mud(泥) + geon→跑到泥巴里去发脾气→脾气坏的人(尤指老人)

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    curmudgeonly：不和悦的；小气的。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
    的确，一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心，一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。
  • His last industry job was with IBM Rational Software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and was also a member of the original Rational Suite team.
    他最后一个工业界的工作是从事IBM Rational 软件，在那里，他被称作是“the RUP Curmudgeon”，他还是最初Rational套件团队的一员。
  • Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.
    只有一个被我们称为脾气暴躁的老头置疑了电脑、手机带给我们的好处。

    • 原声例句

  • "To be honest with you, I think that it lent to the kind of curmudgeon-like feel of the character itself."

    • 权威例句

  • Call me a curmudgeon, but I detested those forced moments of gaiety and collegiality.
    FORBES: When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office
  • He was a self-described curmudgeon, often blunt, blasphemous and unbending yet extremely smart and seasoned in the news business.
    FORBES: Connect
  • Call me a curmudgeon, but I think there was a certain wisdom in the anti-family values of the military I joined.
    NPR: Draft Left Fighting of Wars to Younger Soldiers

词组短语

    短语

  • The Curmudgeon 坏脾气者的前进指南
  • curmudgeon n 脾气暴躁之人;守财奴
  • curmudgeon agreeable person 脾气暴躁的人

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • an old person who is often in a bad mood

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.

专业释义

    经济学

  • 存心不良的人

    • 心理学

  • 坏脾气的