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Curmudgeon N Person(随和的人 Kə:'Mʌdʒən N.脾气暴躁之人 英 脾气暴躁之人(A Surly

单词 curmudgeon
音标 [kə:'mʌdʒən]
解释 n.脾气暴躁之人
红宝书 【英】 n. 脾气暴躁之人(a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person)
【考】 反义词:agreeable person(随和的人)
【记】 无词根;分割记忆:c ur(可看作词根:跑)+ mud(泥)→跑到泥巴里 去→发脾气→脾气暴躁的人
字源 curmudgeon (n.)
1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.
不择手段背单词 n. (满怀怨恨而且顽固的)脾气暴躁的人
【记】cur跑, mud泥: 跑到泥巴里去-脾气暴躁的人cur流氓, mud妈的, geon真: 真他mud流氓-脾气暴躁的人读: cur痲疹, 出痲疹是因为脾气暴躁
【反】agreeable person(随和的人)
趣味全助记 【记】cur + mud + go on 走到泥里的杂种狗一样,脾气坏,乱咬

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