cranky
英 ['kræŋkɪ]
美 ['kræŋki]
助記提示
1. crank 其實與 crinkle, cringe 是同源的。
2. from Proto-Germanic *krank- "bend, curl up", probably from PIE root *ker-/*sker- "turn, bend".
3. 同源音變，含義分化。
4. crank + -y.
5. 多取其引申義，易彎曲就不穩定，不穩定就脆弱、虛弱，脆弱、虛弱就多病(類同infirm)。同時不穩定還會造成脾氣暴躁。
英文詞源
- cranky (adj.)
- "cross-tempered, irritable," 1807, from crank (n.) + -y (2). The evolution would be from earlier senses of crank, such as "a twist or fanciful turn of speech" (1590s); "inaccessible hole or crevice" (1560s). Grose's 1787 "Provincial Glossary" has "Cranky. Ailing sickly from the dutch crank, sick," and identifies it as a Northern word. Jamieson's Scottish dictionary (1825) has crank in a secondary sense of "hard, difficult," as in crank word, "a word hard to be understood;" crank job, "a work attended with difficulty, or requiring ingenuity in the execution." Related: Crankily; crankiness.
Ben. Dang it, don't you spare him--A cross grain'd cranky toad as ever crawl'd. (etc.) [Richard Cumberland, "Lovers Resolutions," Act I, 1813]
雙語例句
- 1. The Front has often been dismissed as a cranky fringe group.
- 藝術家聯盟常被認為是一個古怪的邊緣組織。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image.
- 素食主義者已經擺脫了其古怪的形象。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a long trek, and Jack and I both started to get cranky after about ten minutes.
- 那是一次長途跋涉，我和傑克走了約10分鍾便開始煩躁不安起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. On the loudspeaker his voice turned dull and cranky.
- 在揚聲器中,他的聲音變得沉悶,聽起來別扭.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Seen was particularly cranky and quarreled with another little boy.
- 肖恩的脾氣特別暴燥,他和另一個小男孩吵了起來.
來自辭典例句