curmudgeon
英 [k??'m?d?(?)n]
美[k?'m?d??n]
- n. 脾氣壞的人，乖戾的人；吝嗇鬼；存心不良的人
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?curmudgeons;形容詞:?curmudgeonly;
中文詞源
curmudgeon 脾氣壞的老年人
詞源不詳，可能來自cur, 惡狗，mudge, 狗叫。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.
- 那個老守財奴找到一個新的替罪羊,這樣我就脫身了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.
- 那些壞脾氣的老人們喋喋不休于父母生兒育女之責(zé)任的妨礙性效應(yīng).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)