cranky
美音:[´kræŋkı
]
英音:[´kræŋkı
]
adj.任性的,暴躁的,[航海]摇荡不稳的,怪僻的
难易程度:
cranky为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:crankiness 副词:crankily 形容词比较级:crankier 最高级:crankiest
相关词
cranky
adj (-ier, -iest) (infml derog 口, 贬)
1 strange; eccentric 古怪的; 怪僻的
*a cranky person, idea 古怪的人、念头.
2 (of machines, etc) unreliable; shaky; unsteady （指机器等）靠不住的; 摇晃的; 不稳的
*a rattling, cranky old engine 格格作响的、摇晃不稳的旧发动机.
3 (US) bad-tempered 脾气坏的.
1 strange; eccentric 古怪的; 怪僻的
*a cranky person, idea 古怪的人、念头.
2 (of machines, etc) unreliable; shaky; unsteady （指机器等）靠不住的; 摇晃的; 不稳的
*a rattling, cranky old engine 格格作响的、摇晃不稳的旧发动机.
3 (US) bad-tempered 脾气坏的.
cranky
adj
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Partly from CRANK1; partly from crank 'loose, not working properly' (18-19 centuries) (perhaps from Dutch or German krank 'weak, ill')]
BrE informal strange
→eccentric, weird weird
Organic farming is no longer thought of as cranky.
informal bad-tempered
I was feeling tired and cranky.
>crankinessn[U]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Partly from CRANK1; partly from crank 'loose, not working properly' (18-19 centuries) (perhaps from Dutch or German krank 'weak, ill')]
BrE informal strange
→eccentric, weird weird
Organic farming is no longer thought of as cranky.
informal bad-tempered
I was feeling tired and cranky.
>crankinessn[U]
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