cantankerous
英 [kæn'tæŋk(ə)rəs]
美[kæn'tæŋkərəs]
- adj. 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
英英释意
- 1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
- "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
- 2. having a difficult and contrary disposition;
- "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers