curmudgeon

英 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n]美 [kɝ'mʌdʒən]
  • n. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人
GRE 畅通词汇

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。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

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.
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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.
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