cantankerous

adj.

1. 脾气坏且抱怨不休的
   bad-tempered and always complaining
   1. a cantankerous old man
      爱抱怨的老头

1. ADJ-GRADED 爱吵架的;爱发牢骚的
   Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
   1. ...a cantankerous old man.
      牢骚满腹的老人

1. So I stay here ( Paris has certain redeeming features), and every day I become older, ruder and more cantankerous.
   因此，我留在了巴黎（巴黎有某些优点），一天比一天衰老、粗鲁、暴戾。
2. Pinot Noir is often seen as a cantankerous grape variety.
   黑比诺往往被视为一种能言善辩葡萄品种。
3. And after drinking, his eyes brimming with tears, he would be particularly cantankerous.
   酒后眼泪在眼圈里，就特别的好找毛病。
4. Charlie said it was because of my cantankerous nature, especially when being started.
   查理说，这是因为我的脾气古怪的性质，尤其是在正在启动。
5. A crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas. The greater the challenge, the more difficult it is to find people who can handle it with confidence.
   一个脾气暴躁并且很难应付的老人。挑战越大，能从容应付的人也就越难求。
6. A cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady-Dorothy Sayers.
   喜欢吵架、言语恶毒的老女人&桃乐茜·赛耶斯。
7. They are cantankerous egotists, the kind of men who are unwelcome in the modern corporation.
   他们是不易相处的自我主义者，是现代企业中不受欢迎的一群。
8. An argumentative discourse; argumentative to the point of being cantankerous; an intelligent but argumentative child.
   与人争辩的演讲；爱与人争辩到了刚愎自用的程度；一个聪明但爱与人争辩的小孩。
9. He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.
   他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。
10. He's quite cantankerous, um, but he said, where is my stitch work?
    他脾气不好，但是他问我，我的缝合工作在哪里？
11. Either a cantankerous political-diplomatic protest.
    要么是严重的政治外交抗议。
12. Their boredom made them quarrelsome and cantankerous.
    他们由于无聊而老是斗嘴争吵。
13. If my shoemaker turn me out an excellent pair of boots, and I, in some mood of cantankerous unreason, throw them back upon his hands, the man has just cause of complaint.
    假如我的鞋匠给我做出一双极好的靴子，而我却因为心情不好，缺乏理性，猛地把它们扔到他手上，那么他是有正当理由抱怨的。
14. Grandad never stops complaining, the cantankerous old bugger.
    祖父总不停地抱怨，这个坏脾气的老头。
15. Richard Lindzen is by turns charming and cantankerous.
    理查德林德森时而充满魅力，时而让人讨厌。
16. The Republican race thus boils down to a straightfight between a competent chameleon and a cantankerous crusader ( see article).
    因此，共和党的选举现在呈现麦凯恩-罗姆尼对决态势。前者是暴躁的改革者，后者则是能干的变色龙。