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crusty adj.有脆皮的；有硬壳的；顽固的；暴躁的 (1) 小汤姆用硬面包把肉汁抹得干干净净。(2) 我转身沿路向下滑去，雪地的表面结了一层碎冰。(3) 米林是一位脾气暴躁的老伙计，从海军退役后就在大学里找了这么个活儿。 You can describe something with a crunchy outer layer and a softer inside as crusty, but you can also use the word to mean "crabby" or "ill-tempered." Your mean old neighbor who yells at kids to get off his lawn is crusty, for example. While the literal meaning is older, this "cranky or surly" meaning has been around since the 1500's. The root of both is the Latin crusta, "rind, crust, shell or bark."

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英 ['krʌsti] 美 ['krʌsti] (1) Little Tom swabbed up the gravy with crusty bread.(2) The snow was crusty with ice particles on the surface.(3) Millin was a crusty old codger who took the college job after he retired from the navy. The adjective crusty is good for describing something that is crisp on the outside, like a loaf of French bread. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有硬皮的；有脆皮的 Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.   [usu ADJ n]...crusty French loaves.脆皮法式烤面包2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指老头儿)脾气急躁的，易发怒的 If you describe someone, especially an old man, as crusty, you mean they are impatient and easily irritated.   [usu ADJ n]...a crusty old colonel.脾气暴躁的老上校

英语单词	crusty
英美音标	英 ['krʌsti] 美 ['krʌsti]
中文释义	adj.有脆皮的；有硬壳的；顽固的；暴躁的
英语例句	(1) Little Tom swabbed up the gravy with crusty bread. (2) The snow was crusty with ice particles on the surface. (3) Millin was a crusty old codger who took the college job after he retired from the navy.
中文例句	(1) 小汤姆用硬面包把肉汁抹得干干净净。 (2) 我转身沿路向下滑去，雪地的表面结了一层碎冰。 (3) 米林是一位脾气暴躁的老伙计，从海军退役后就在大学里找了这么个活儿。
vocabulary简明	The adjective crusty is good for describing something that is crisp on the outside, like a loaf of French bread.
vocabulary扩展	You can describe something with a crunchy outer layer and a softer inside as crusty, but you can also use the word to mean "crabby" or "ill-tempered." Your mean old neighbor who yells at kids to get off his lawn is crusty, for example. While the literal meaning is older, this "cranky or surly" meaning has been around since the 1500's. The root of both is the Latin crusta, "rind, crust, shell or bark."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有硬皮的；有脆皮的 Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside. [usu ADJ n] ...crusty French loaves. 脆皮法式烤面包 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指老头儿)脾气急躁的，易发怒的 If you describe someone, especially an old man, as crusty, you mean they are impatient and easily irritated. [usu ADJ n] ...a crusty old colonel. 脾气暴躁的老上校

Crusty Bread Crisp French Describe Meaning Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词