单词 | crabbed |
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音标 | ['kræbid] |
解释 | a.暴躁的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 暴躁的 (peevish; ill-tempered; cross) 【记】 来自crab(螃蟹,坏脾 气的人) |
字源 | crabbed (adj.) late 14c., literally "resembling a crab," in reference to crookedness, from crab (n.1). Of taste "bitter, harsh," late 14c., from crab (n.2). Meaning "peevish" is attested from 1560s, in reference to a crab's combative disposition. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 脾气乖戾的 = peevish = ill-tempered = cross 【记】crab(n 螃蟹; 坏脾气的人) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】crab螃蟹总是横着走,脾气不好,很横。 |
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