a bad-tempered or surly person
坏脾气的人,乖戾的人。
" late 16th cent.: of unknown origin."
n. 坏脾气的人;乖戾的人
My neighbor is a curmudgeon who lives alone.
我的邻居是一个脾气乖戾的独居老人。
Since his wife died, he has become a terrible old curmudgeon.
自从妻子去世后,他就变成了一个脾气糟糕的老头。
No one wants to be friends with this curmudgeon.
每人愿意跟这个脾气暴躁的人做朋友。
A curmudgeon is an old person who is often in a bad mood.
坏脾气的老人是指总是心情不好的老年人
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。
Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
的确,一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心,一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。
This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.
这是我的烟斗导师教给我的,他是一个不苟言笑,脾气乖戾的老头,但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。
If you leave the theater without a smile on your face, then you're really a curmudgeon.
如果你是没有一丝笑容地离开电影院,那你真的是爱闹别扭了。
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。
词根 curmudgeon
curmudgeonly adj. 不和悦的;小气的
a bad-tempered or surly person
坏脾气的人,乖戾的人。
" late 16th cent.: of unknown origin."