Cantankerous
[kæn'tæŋk(ə)rəs] or [kæn'tæŋkərəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having a difficult and contrary disposition; 'a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady'- Dorothy Sayers .
校對:杜鲁门--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
埃莉整理
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Crabbed, perverse, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, refractory, contumacious, headstrong, wilful, dogged, intractable, heady, obdurate, stiff, cross-grained.
布莱恩錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. cross-grained: perverse in temper.—adv. Cantan′kerously.—n. Cantan′kerousness.
巴雷特校對