cantankerous
音标[kæn'tæŋkәrәs]
汉语翻译
a. 专爱唱反调的, 爱吵架的
词型变化
名词:cantankerousness 副词:cantankerously
英语解释
形容词 cantankerous:
- stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate- Spectator同义词：bloody-minded
- having a difficult and contrary disposition- Dorothy Sayers同义词：crotchety, ornery
例句
- Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.脾气坏的性情上心胸狭窄的、不随和的且顽固的：脾气不好的
详细解释
can.tan.ker.ous
adj.（形容词）Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.脾气不好的和爱争吵的；不讨人喜欢的Difficult to handle:难以处理的：例句：.had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous.(Boston Globe).不得不使用极冷、昂贵且难以处理的液态氦.(波士顿环球)
来源：Perhaps from Middle English contek [dissension] influenced by words such as rancorous , cankerous 可能源自 中古英语 contek [争论] 受如下单词的影响，如 rancorous, cankerous from Anglo-Norman contec 源自 英法语 contec possibly from Latin cont3ctus [past participle of] contingere [to touch] * see contact 可能源自 拉丁语 cont3ctus [] contingere的过去分词 [触摸] *参见 contact
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cantan.kerously
adv.（副词）cantan.kerousness
n.（名词）
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