英语词汇“cantankerous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

can·tan·ker·ous

(kăn-tăngkər-əs)

adj.

1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord.

2. Difficult to handle: "had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous" (Brad Pokorny).

[Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as RANCOROUS and CANKEROUS), from Anglo-Norman contec, possibly from Latin contāctus, past participle of contingere, to touch; see CONTACT.]

can·tanker·ous·ly adv.

can·tanker·ous·ness n.

单词	cantankerous
释义	can·tan·ker·ous (kăn-tăngkər-əs) adj. 1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord. 2. Difficult to handle: "had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous" (Brad Pokorny). [Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as RANCOROUS and CANKEROUS), from Anglo-Norman contec, possibly from Latin contāctus, past participle of contingere, to touch; see CONTACT.] can·tanker·ous·ly adv. can·tanker·ous·ness n.
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