cantankerous
cantankerous 英 [kænˈtæŋkərəs] 美 [kænˈtæŋkərəs]
adj. 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
- If someone is cantankerous he has a difficult disposition. Take care not to throw your ball into the yard of the cantankerous old man down the street — he'll cuss you out and keep your ball.
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- adj. 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
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1. In her old age Lucky became increasingly cantankerous, fighting with the other sheep and destroying the couple's flowerbeds.
上了年纪的Lucky脾气越来越暴躁，常常和其他绵羊争斗，踩坏Westgarth夫妇的花园。
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2. It was a priceless moment, and I later regretted not snapping a few photos of the cantankerous old man when I had the chance, fan and all.
这是非常宝贵的时刻。 过后我就后悔，为什么在他扇扇子之类能给我机会的时候，我没有抢拍一些这位坏脾气老人的照片。
- cantankerous (adj.) "marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition," 1772, said by Grose to be "a Wiltshire word," conjectured to be from an alteration (influenced perhaps by raucous) of a dialectal survival 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.
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