中英翻译

curmudgeon

GRE畅通词汇
英 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n] 美[kɝ'mʌdʒən]
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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

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