美[k?n?t??k?r?s] 1 . a cantankerous old man
愛抱怨的老頭
來自《權威詞典》
2 . He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.
他碰上了一位壞脾氣、愛爭吵的主管。
來自辭典例句
3 . He was nothing but a narrow, ignorant, and cantankerous sea -- faring man .
他只不過是個狹隘無知 、 脾氣 暴戾 的海員而已.
來自名作英譯部分
4 . Sometimes they can be cantankerous, mean - spirited, unkind, and sometimes downright cruel.
有時候,他們可能脾氣古怪, 心胸狹窄, 不友善, 有時簡直是殘酷的.
來自互聯網
5 . The cantankerous bus driver rouse on the children for singing.
那個壞脾氣的公共汽車司機因為孩子們唱歌而罵他們.
來自互聯網
1.stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders- Spectator
2.having a difficult and contrary disposition;
a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady- Dorothy Sayers
