He was tired and crotchety.
他累了，動不動就發(fā)火。
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
He is a crotchety old man.
他是個脾氣暴躁的老頭。
辭典例句
His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.
他反復(fù)無常 、 甚至是殘酷的行為一定也是由于復(fù)雜的性格原因.
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It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
不出所料, 這個大膽, 些許有些離奇的建議一經(jīng)提出便立刻引起爭議.
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"a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
