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基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.脾气坏的⁶³;好争吵的¹²;难相处的²⁵副词cantankerously名词cantankerousness
争吵愤怒易怒
Adjective:
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;unions…have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders having a difficult and contrary disposition;a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady 前面的cantanker-可能源自中古英语名词contakour捣蛋鬼，闹事者的方言版本，后者可能派生自古法语动词contechier争吵，不和。钱博士cantanker捣蛋鬼，闹事者+ous形容词后缀→像闹事者那样的→爱争吵的，爱抱怨的⇒脾气坏的，难相处的
词源解释前面的cantanker-可能源自中古英语名词contakour捣蛋鬼，闹事者的方言版本，后者可能派生自古法语动词contechier争吵，不和。
应用实例Kled, the Cantankerous Cavalier暴怒骑手克雷德，著名网络游戏《英雄联盟》中的角色之一。
助记窍门cantanker-可以谐音联想为“啃坦克的人”。急了连坦克都啃的人，脾气坏得很。GRE红宝书cant唱anker = anger－愤怒的唱－好争吵的can读: 侃, tank坦克－侃起来象坦克－脾气坏的
can + tank 动不动扔罐罐和箱子的人；音：开坦克，开坦克上街，横冲直撞，到处开炮→脾气很大
cant唱+ankerous， 可分割记忆：cant唱+ anker看成，anger+ ous→因愤怒而唱 →好争吵的cantanker捣蛋鬼，闹事者+ous形容词后缀→像闹事者那样的→爱争吵的，爱抱怨的⇒脾气坏的，难相处的。GRE难词记忆cantankerous 音“看坦克惹事”→ 脾气坏的家伙看坦克展览也惹事联想记忆cant黑话+ anker看作anger+ ous ⇒用黑话愤怒地争吵近义词 cross穿过mean意思是cranky怪癖的ornery脾气坏的irritable易怒的bloody-minded残忍的crotchety思想奇怪的quarrelsome喜欢争吵的
形容词96%,名词4%
用作形容词Thecantankerousbus driver rouse on the childrenfor singing.那个坏脾气的公共汽车司机因为孩子们唱歌而骂他们。
He's acantankerous, nasty man who hates students with a passion.他是一个脾气很坏，令人讨厌的人，他的爱好就是与学生作对。
David's first wife wascantankerous.大卫的第一任妻子是一个很任性的人。adj.difficult, crabby
同义词 cranky,dour,grouchy,grumpy,irascible,prickly,quarrelsome,testybad-tempered,bearish,bloody-minded,captious,choleric,contrary,critical,cross,crotchety,crusty,disagreeable,huffy,ill-humored,ill-natured,irritable,morose,obstinate,ornery,peevish,perverse,petulant,snappish,sour,stubborn,vinegarish,vinegary
反义词 cheerful,easygoing,happy,pleasanteasy,good-natured,nice
bad-temperedadjective perversely irritable
atrabilious,snarly,splenetic,surly,waspish
belligerentadjective nasty, argumentative
aggressive,antagonistic,ardent,at loggerheads,battling,bellicose,cantankerous,combative,contentious,fierce,fighting,flip,have a bone to pick,have chip on shoulder,have it in for,hostile,hot,hot-tempered,mean,militant,on the outs,ornery,pugnacious,quarrelsome,scrappy,truculent,warlike
boorishadjective crude, awkward
bad-mannered,barbaric,bearish,cantankerous,churlish,cloddish,clodhopping,clownish,clumsy,coarse,countrified,gross,gruff,ill-bred,ill-mannered,impolite,inurbane,loud,loutish,lowbred,oafish,ornery,out of line,out-of-order,provincial,rough,rude,rustic,swinish,tasteless,ugly,uncivilized,uncouth,uncultured,uneducated,ungracious,unpoised,unpolished,unrefined,vulgar
captiousadjective very critical
acrimonious,cantankerous,carping,caviling,cavillous,censorious,contrary,crabby,cross,demanding,deprecating,disparaging,exacting,exceptive,fault-finding,finicky,hypercritical,irritable,nagging,nit-picking,overcritical,peevish,perverse,petulant,sarcastic,severe,testy,touchy
churlishadjective crude, boorish
base,blunt,brusque,cantankerous,cloddish,clodhopping,crabbed,crude,crusty,curt,cussed,discourteous,dour,grouchy,gruff,grumpy,harsh,ill-tempered,impolite,loutish,lowbred,mean,miserly,morose,oafish,ornery,rude,rustic,snippy,sullen,surly,touchy,ugly,uncivil,uncivilized,uncultured,unmannerly,unneighborly,unpolished,unsociable,vulgar
combativeadjective aggressive
antagonistic,bellicose,belligerent,cantankerous,contentious,cussed,energetic,fire-eating,gladiatorial,hawkish,militant,ornery,pugnacious,quarrelsome,ructious,scrappy,strenuous,trigger-happy,truculent,warlike,warring In her old age Lucky became increasingly cantankerous, fighting with the other sheep and destroying the couple's flowerbeds.
上了年纪的 Lucky脾气越来越暴躁，常常和其他绵羊争斗，踩坏 Westgarth夫妇的花园。 yeeyan
It was a priceless moment, and I later regretted not snapping a few photos of the cantankerous old man when I had the chance, fan and all.
这是非常宝贵的时刻。过后我就后悔，为什么在他扇扇子之类能给我机会的时候，我没有抢拍一些这位坏脾气老人的照片。 yeeyan
Tasmanian devils have a notoriously cantankerous disposition and will fly into a maniacal rage when threatened by a predator, fighting for a mate, or defending a meal.
袋獾性情十分喜欢吵闹，而且常常为了争夺配偶、保护食物，甚至是躲避猎杀者的追捕而分外狂暴。 huaxia-ng
They were too cantankerous to fly as often or as inexpensively as planned, so the hope of doing things more cheaply in space evaporated.
他们太过娇气不能像计划的一样频繁或者成本较低的执行飞行任务，所以期望在太空中更便宜的执行任务的计划泡汤了。 ecocn
Though somewhat cantankerous at times, she was far less surly and unapproachable than the sour- faced Wuher.
尽管有时脾气不太好，但和一脸苦大仇深的伍赫相比，她要和蔼可亲得多。 starwarsfans.cn
Tokyo's citizens once relished the heresies of their cantankerous, right-wing governor, overlooking the more poisonous stuff.
东京市民一度喜欢听到这位脾气乖戾知事的古怪言论，这位右翼的统治者不停的寻找更多的有毒材料。 ecocn
Will all this assuage the cantankerous markets?
做的所有的努力有可能缓和这个敏感的是市场吗？ yeeyan
You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant, and cantankerous.
当你易怒、任性、想法怪异、刚愎自用时，你才会变老。 yeeyan |