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Cross English Latin Crux Sense N Krɔs A.生气的

单词 cross
音标 [krɔs]
解释 a.生气的
红宝书 【英】 adj.生气的(bad-temp ered; showing ill-humor; angry)
字源 cross (n.)
Old English cros (mid-10c.), from Old Irish cros, probably via Scandinavian, from Latin crux (accusative crucem, genitive crucis) "stake, cross" on which criminals were impaled or hanged, hence, figuratively, "torture, trouble, misery;" originally a tall, round pole; possibly of Phoenician origin. Replaced Old English rood. Also from Latin crux are Italian croce, French croix, Spanish and Portuguese cruz, Dutch kruis, German Kreuz.
cross (adj.)
"ill-tempered," 1630s, probably from 16c. sense of "contrary, athwart," especially with reference to winds and sailing ships, from cross (n.). Cross-purposes "contradictory intentions" is from 1660s.
cross (v.)
c.1200, "make the sign of a cross," from cross (n.). Sense of "to go across" is from c.1400; that of "to cancel by drawing lines over" is from mid-15c. Related: Crossed; crossing.
不择手段背单词 adj. 脾气不好的, 生气的 = annoyed = bad-tempered = angry; n 交叉火力
趣味全助记 【记】与cranky类似,弯曲的,与十字的都是脾气不好

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