curmudgeon
英 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n]
美[kɝ'mʌdʒən]
- 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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