crusty
英 [ˈkrʌs.ti]
美 [ˈkrʌs.ti]
- adj. 易怒的；执拗的；有壳的；像外壳一样的
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英语词源
- crusty (adj.)
- c. 1400, from crust (n.) + -y (2). Figurative use, of persons, "short-tempered," is from 1560s.
权威例句
- 1. a crusty old man
- 脾气暴躁的老人
- 2. As he grew old, he turned into a crusty Confucian moralist.
- 大概他上了年纪以后, 才成了讲道德说仁义的顽固人物. ”
- 3. She means well, but is very crusty and queer now.
- 她的心眼不错, 不过这阵,她可很能唠叨,很古怪.
- 4. They were peevish , crusty, silent, eying nothing in particular and moving their feet.
- 他们乖戾 、 执拗 、 沉默, 眼睛不知在看着什么,两脚一直动个不停.
- 5. He brought the crusty old battler word from Roosevelt that it was time to quit.
- 他从罗斯福那带去了那句执拗的陈旧的战斗口号:是认输的时候了.