curmudgeon

Word family nouncurmudgeonadjectivecurmudgeonly

cur·mud·geon /kɜːˈmʌdʒən $ kɜːr-/ noun [countableC] old-fashioned

BAD-TEMPEREDsomeone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old person 脾气坏的人〔尤指老人〕

Examples from the Corpus

curmudgeon• Sinclair, a curmudgeon of taste and integrity, defends the river against the shoddy plans of the Chamber of Commerce.• For about the hundredth time, I cursed whatever kleptomaniac curmudgeon had walked off the train with my bag.

单词	curmudgeon
释义	curmudgeon Word family nouncurmudgeonadjectivecurmudgeonly cur·mud·geon /kɜːˈmʌdʒən $ kɜːr-/ noun [countableC] old-fashioned BAD-TEMPEREDsomeone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old person 脾气坏的人〔尤指老人〕 Examples from the Corpus curmudgeon• Sinclair, a curmudgeon of taste and integrity, defends the river against the shoddy plans of the Chamber of Commerce.• For about the hundredth time, I cursed whatever kleptomaniac curmudgeon had walked off the train with my bag.
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