首页cantankerouscantankerous英英释意

cantankerous

英 [kæn'tæŋk(ə)rəs] 美[kæn'tæŋkərəs]
  • adj. 脾气坏的;爱吵架的;难相处的

英英释意


1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
2. having a difficult and contrary disposition;
"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers