英語(yǔ)解釋

cantankerous

音標(biāo)[k?n't??k?r?s]

cantankerous是什么意思、cantankerous怎么讀

cantankerous漢語(yǔ)翻譯

a. 專愛(ài)唱反調(diào)的, 愛(ài)吵架的

cantankerous詞型變化

名詞:cantankerousness 副詞:cantankerously

cantankerous英語(yǔ)解釋

形容詞 cantankerous:

stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate- Spectator
同義詞：bloody-minded
having a difficult and contrary disposition- Dorothy Sayers
同義詞：crotchety, ornery

cantankerous例句

Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.
脾氣壞的性情上心胸狹窄的、不隨和的且頑固的：脾氣不好的

cantankerous詳細(xì)解釋

can.tan.ker.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.
脾氣不好的和愛(ài)爭(zhēng)吵的；不討人喜歡的
Difficult to handle:
難以處理的：
例句：
.had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous.(Boston Globe)
.不得不使用極冷、昂貴且難以處理的液態(tài)氦.(波士頓環(huán)球)

來(lái)源：
Perhaps from Middle English contek [dissension] influenced by words such as rancorous , cankerous
可能源自中古英語(yǔ) contek [爭(zhēng)論] 受如下單詞的影響，如 rancorous, cankerous
from Anglo-Norman contec
源自英法語(yǔ) contec
possibly from Latin cont3ctus [past participle of] contingere [to touch] * see contact
可能源自拉丁語(yǔ) cont3ctus [] contingere的過(guò)去分詞 [觸摸] *參見(jiàn) contact

【引伸】
cantan.kerously
adv.（副詞）
cantan.kerousness
n.（名詞）