单词 | curmudgeon |
释义 | curmudgeon From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcurmudgeoncur‧mud‧geon /kɜːˈmʌdʒən $ kɜːr-/ noun [countable] old-fashionedBAD-TEMPEREDsomeone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old personExamples from the Corpuscurmudgeon• Sinclair, a curmudgeon of taste and integrity, defends the river against the shoddy plans of the Chamber of Commerce.• For about the hundredth time, I cursed whatever kleptomaniac curmudgeon had walked off the train with my bag. |
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