curmudgeon基本信息
读法：英 [kɜː"mʌdʒ(ə)n] 美 [kɝ"mʌdʒən]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
curmudgeon 脾气坏的老年人
词源不详，可能来自cur, 恶狗，mudge, 狗叫。
- curmudgeon (n.)
- 1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.
词态变化
复数 curmudgeons;
形容词 curmudgeonly;
权威造句
- 1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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.
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