记忆方法
记忆“curmudgeon”这个单词，可以将其分解为“cur”加上“mudgeon”。其中，“cur”可以联想到动物短语“curly tail”，即卷曲的尾巴，形象地表示这个人可能有点“翘尾巴”，即骄傲自大。而“mudgeon”则可以想象为“mug”加上“done”，即一个长着啤酒 mug 的面部表情已经完成的、故作严肃的老者形象，这样就容易记住这个单词表示的是一个脾气坏、爱抱怨的老顽固的意思。
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词族 · curmudgeon
词形变化
中文词源
curmudgeon 脾气坏的老年人
词源不详，可能来自cur, 恶狗，mudge, 狗叫。
英语词源
- curmudgeon (n.)
- 1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.
权威例句
- 1. The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.
- 那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊,这样我就脱身了.
- 2. The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.
- 那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应.