(of handwriting)ill-formed and hard to decipher
(字迹)潦草的;难认的。
(of style)contorted and difficult to understand
(文体)被扭曲了的;难懂的
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crabbed legal language 晦涩的法律用语。
ill-humoured
乖戾的;易怒的
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a crabbed, unhappy middle age 一个常发脾气的不愉快中年。
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