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单词 crabbed
释义 crab·bed
\ˈkrabə̇d\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, partly from crabbe (crustacean), partly from crabbe (crab apple) + ed
1.
 a. : perversely obstinate : intractable, contrary
  < he sets out his theory with such ingenuity … that it would be a crabbed mind indeed that didn't respond — R.J.Cruikshank >
 b. : out of humor : cross, petulant
  < the only audible response in this country should be a crabbed and jaundiced bickering — Economist >
2. : characterized by harshness or roughness : bitter
 < a crabbed satirist >
 < crabbed wit >
3. obsolete : crooked, gnarled, rough
4. : difficult to understand : intricate, obscure
 < crabbed style >
 < the crabbed complexities of fine automotive machinery — Newsweek >
 < his mature compositions are generally considered the more cerebral and crabbed — Sarah R. Watson >
5. of handwriting : difficult to read
 < wrote laboriously in his old man's crabbed hand — Verne Athanas >
Synonyms: see sullen
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