codger
codger 英 [ˈkɒdʒə(r)] 美 [ˈkɑdʒə(r)]
n. 怪人；有怪癖的人
名词复数:codgers
- A codger is an endearing old guy. Your tiny, eccentric grandfather might be thought of as a codger by his neighbors.
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- n. 怪人；有怪癖的人
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1. I may be an old codger, but I've sharp ears.
别看我门神老了不捉鬼， 我耳朵可灵着哩。
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2. There are suits on phones, a confused crowd of witnesses and a codger rifling through filing cabinets.
有正在打电话的商人、一群困惑的证人，还有一个匆匆搜寻档案柜的古怪老头。
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3. It wasn’t until 130 years later in 1685 that it’s “off centre” meaning was applied to a personality and the first application held a kindly tone of an old codger.
然而，打那起过了130多年，直到1685年，它“偏心”的意思才被用来形容人的个性，而且一开始，人们以亲切的口吻用这个词来形容古怪的老头。
- codger (n.) 1756, "old man, odd person;" 1796, "mean, miserly man;" probably a variant of cadger "beggar" (see cadge (v.)), which is of unknown origin.
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