Crusty
['krʌstɪ] or ['krʌsti]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) brusque and surly and forbidding; 'crusty remarks'; 'a crusty old man'; 'his curmudgeonly temper'; 'gruff manner'; 'a gruff reply' .
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解釋/意思:
(a.) Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.
(a.) Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
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同義詞及近義詞:
a. Touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, snappish, peevish, fretful, petulant, cross, churlish, crabbed, froward, surly, morose, cynical, snarling, ill-tempered.
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同義詞及反義詞:
[See CALM]
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例句/造句/用法:
- Crabbed and crusty as ever! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He was small and bent, and perhaps not actively strong; yet he was as tough as an old yew-tree, and as crusty as an old jackdaw. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Aunt Chloe set a chair for her in a manner decidedly gruff and crusty. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Now, old Crusty--old Diogenes (these were her familiar terms for me when we disagreed), what is the matter now? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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