cranky
- 英式英标[\'kræŋki]
- 美式音标[\'kræŋkɪ]
英文词源
- cranky (adj.)
- "cross-tempered, irritable," 1807, from crank (n.) + -y (2). The evolution would be from earlier senses of crank, such as "a twist or fanciful turn of speech" (1590s); "inaccessible hole or crevice" (1560s). Grose's 1787 "Provincial Glossary" has "Cranky. Ailing sickly from the dutch crank, sick," and identifies it as a Northern word. Jamieson's Scottish dictionary (1825) has crank in a secondary sense of "hard, difficult," as in crank word, "a word hard to be understood;" crank job, "a work attended with difficulty, or requiring ingenuity in the execution." Related: Crankily; crankiness.
Ben. Dang it, don't you spare him--A cross grain'd cranky toad as ever crawl'd. (etc.) [Richard Cumberland, "Lovers Resolutions," Act I, 1813]
中文解释
1. crank 其实与 crinkle, cringe 是同源的。2. from Proto-Germanic *krank- "bend, curl up", probably from PIE root *ker-/*sker- "turn, bend".3. 同源音变，含义分化。4. crank + -y.5. 多取其引申义，易弯曲就不稳定，不稳定就脆弱、虚弱，脆弱、虚弱就多病(类同infirm)。同时不稳定还会造成脾气暴躁。
实用例句
- 1. The Front has often been dismissed as a cranky fringe group.
- 艺术家联盟常被认为是一个古怪的边缘组织。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image.
- 素食主义者已经摆脱了其古怪的形象。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a long trek, and Jack and I both started to get cranky after about ten minutes.
- 那是一次长途跋涉，我和杰克走了约10分钟便开始烦躁不安起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. On the loudspeaker his voice turned dull and cranky.
- 在扬声器中,他的声音变得沉闷,听起来别扭.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Seen was particularly cranky and quarreled with another little boy.
- 肖恩的脾气特别暴燥,他和另一个小男孩吵了起来.
来自辞典例句