| 单词 | cranky |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kræŋki] |
| 解释 | a.怪癖的，任性的；不稳的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 怪癖的 (queer, eccentric)；不稳的 (unsteady) |
| 字源 | 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. 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] |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 坏脾气的 = peevish; 怪癖的 = queer = odd; 不稳的 = erratic 【参】crank(n 古怪的人) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】crank 曲柄 crane 起重机的臂是曲柄,曲柄引申为思考是弯的,怪 |
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