curmudgeon
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英 [kɜ:ˈmʌdʒən]
美 [kɜrˈmʌdʒən]
是什么意思
坏脾气的人,吝啬鬼,守财奴;
变形
复数:curmudgeons
英英释义
curmudgeon[ kə:'mʌdʒən ]
- n.a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
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双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.
这是我的烟斗导师教给我的,他是一个不苟言笑,脾气乖戾的老头,但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。
权威例句
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