curmudgeon

• n. 脾氣壞的人，乖戾的人；吝嗇鬼；存心不良的人

詞源不詳，可能來自cur, 惡狗，mudge, 狗叫。

curmudgeon (n.)

1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.

1. The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.

那個老守財奴找到一個新的替罪羊,這樣我就脫身了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.

那些壞脾氣的老人們喋喋不休於父母生兒育女之責任的妨礙性效應.

來自互聯網