| 单词 | cross-grained |
| 释义 | cross-grained (once / 16303 pages) adj WORD FAMILY cross-grained USAGE EXAMPLESIn the end, you have little cross-grained pallets, which you sandwich together with jam. Washington Post(Nov 12, 2014) Perverse, obstinate, contrary, cross-grained, intractable, not amenable, in a dour sullen mood. BBC(Jul 03, 2014) His father, Lord Saxby, had a romantic passion for the daughter of a country parson—a queer, cross-grained old scholar. MacKenzie, Compton, The Early Life and Adventures of Sy...(2012) 1adj of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel Syn curly-grained, wavy-grained uneven not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture 2adj difficult to deal with Syn contrarious obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
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