curmudgeon
英 [kɜ:ˈmʌdʒən] 美 [kɜrˈmʌdʒən]

n.

坏脾气的人，吝啬鬼，守财奴；

变形

复数：curmudgeons

英英释义

curmudgeon[ kə:'mʌdʒən ]

• n.a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.
   这是我的烟斗导师教给我的，他是一个不苟言笑，脾气乖戾的老头，但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。

权威例句

Curmudgeonly Advice
A Curmudgeon's Guide to Microeconomics.
The high-field-strength curmudgeon.
Cues, convergence and a curmudgeon: A reply to Povinelli
More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon
More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon
More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon
What is Positive about Positive Psychology: The Curmudgeon and Pollyanna
Casebooks, Commentaries, and Curmudgeons: An Introductory History of Law in the Lecture Hall
Reinventing taxonomy: a curmudgeon's view of 250 years of fungal taxonomy, the crisis in biodiversity, and the pitfalls of the phylo...