curmudgeon

英 [kɜːˈmʌdʒən]

美 [kɜːrˈmʌdʒən]

n.  脾气坏的人(常指老年人)

复数：curmudgeons　

GRE

COCA.27641

牛津词典

noun

• 脾气坏的人（常指老年人）
  a bad-tempered person, often an old one

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恶毒的人;脾气坏的人
  If you call someone acurmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
  1. ...such a terrible old curmudgeon.
     脾气相当暴躁的老倔头

英英释义

noun

• a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

双语例句

• But rather than grumpily eying them in staff meetings and turning yourself into the office curmudgeon, consider cutting them some slack.
  但是与其在员工会议上盯着他们，把自己转换成办公室坏人的形象，还不如考虑少让他们放松。
• His last industry job was with IBM Rational Software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and was also a member of the original Rational Suite team.
  他最后一个工业界的工作是从事IBMRational软件，在那里，他被称作是“theRUPCurmudgeon”，他还是最初Rational套件团队的一员。
• Grace and manners that charmed the old curmudgeon;
  文雅和礼貌吸引着这个老守财奴；
• During my years as the "RUP curmudgeon," I had the opportunity to visit and observe many customers.
  当我还是“RUP倔老头”的时候，我有机会调查和观察许多客户。
• It is called the happy: grumpy ratio, and measures how many cheery staff the bank employs for every curmudgeon.
  它被称作快乐暴躁率，衡量的是银行中快乐员工与暴躁员工人数之比。
• It's fitting that he and Auerbach should win one award since Phil is only a little less hated than Red, who lit up his cigars on the bench and did his curmudgeon act with the out-of-town press.
  似乎杰克逊和奥尔巴克一人获得一次最佳教练才是比较合适的。何况杰克逊对奥尔巴克还有点心存嫉妒。他讨厌奥尔巴克坐在板凳上点着一支雪茄，做出一些乖戾的动作给对手极大压力。
• He was a brooding curmudgeon who thundered against industry, progress and the young science that sought to explain them.
  他忧郁而脾气暴躁，怒斥工业、步以及试图对它们作出解释的科学。
• If you leave the theater without a smile on your face, then you're really a curmudgeon.
  如果你是没有一丝笑容地离开电影院，那你真的是爱闹别扭了。
• You're turning into a complaining old curmudgeon!
  你就快变成一个爱发牢骚的老怪物了。
• His Curmudgeon column which ran for many years in the Sunday Independent was required reading and was always guaranteed to raise a smile, he said.
  他的坏脾气专栏在星期日独立报里跑有许多年被需要阅读和总是被保证引人发笑，他说。