crotchety['krɔtʃiti]adj.1.■耽于幻想的，想入非非的；有怪癖的2.■奇想性质的；怪癖性质的
见:crotchet: crotchety
adjective
- irritable
脾气坏的；动辄发怒的
he was tired and crotchety.
他疲倦不堪，动不动就发火。
crotchetiness
noun
语源
- early 19th cent.: from sense 2 of crotchet + -y
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形容词 crotchety:
having a difficult and contrary disposition- Dorothy Sayers
同义词：cantankerous, ornery
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■It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
不出所料，这个大胆，些许有些离奇的建议一经提出便立刻引起争议。
■He was a thin old man, seventy when she died, a queer, crotchety person with coarse gray-black hair and beard, quite straggly and unkempt.
亨利是个瘦瘦的小老头，在她死时是七十一岁，他还是个古里古怪的人，粗糙灰白的头发和胡须都是乱七八糟的。
■His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.
他反复无常、甚至是残酷的行为一定也是由于复杂的性格原因。
■He was tired and crotchety.
他累了，动不动就发火。
■He had to give the crotchety old miser his last money for a map of the area, but he wasn't complaining - otherwise he'd still be trying to find his way home.
但是有人说偶尔会发现一些非法的工厂，那里你可以买下一个急救帐篷，一个弩炮和一个弹药车，一站购齐！想象一下他们赚的钱，恩？
■Your brothers provide quite well for all of us, and I need your smile here.But then, no-one listens to a crotchety old lady in a wheelchair.
你哥哥们赚的也足够供养供养家里了，我只要你在我身边微笑就可以了，不过呢，大概没人会去听个轮椅上的老太太胡言乱语咯。
■It was one of thoes rare occasions when I ignored the crotchety old voice that spoiled my fun.
像这样无视那扼杀了我的乐趣的古怪声音，还真是屈指可数。
■It was one of those rare occasions when I ignored the crotchety old voice that spoiled my fun. Something clicked inside me.
像这样无视那扼杀了我的乐趣的古怪声音，还真是屈指可数。我总算是开了窍。
■At his first face-to-face debate with Mr Obama on September 26th, he refused to look his opponent in the face, which made him seem crotchety and disrespectful.
在9月26号与奥巴马的第一场面对面的辩论中，他拒绝正面看他的对手，从而让人们觉得他很固执和失礼。
■On deadline day, the paper's crotchety general manager would suddenly appear over her shoulder, inspecting her work for errors.
在最终期限将至的一天，这位脾气古怪的总经理总会突然出现在她身边，给她的工作挑点毛病。
■When you're dealing with your parents, laughter can be a lifesaver -- both to help you handle the stress of dealing with sometimes crotchety individuals and to help you bond together.
当你和父母相处时，大笑会是一个救星--即能让你对付压力，又能帮你增进感情。
■A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives. (Down in Florida, my mother describes condo-association bickering as 'nitpicking in paradise.
很多老年人脾气暴躁，因为他们一辈子都在怨天尤人。（在佛罗里达州，我妈妈把公寓里的邻里争吵称为“在天堂里吹毛求疵”。）
■The next thing I knew, his crotchety neighbor was laying out his ideas on Israeli foreign policy at the top of his lungs.
接着，他那古怪的邻居就开始声嘶力竭地发表他对以色列外交政策的意见。
■Indeed they don't, Mother. My mother may be crotchety, Miss Potter, but she does have an eye for beautiful things. She was fascinated by your drawings.
是啊,大家都不听了。我母亲也许是有点神神叨叨,波特小姐,但是她可有双善于发现美丽的眼睛。她非常欣赏你的画。
■Norman Warne: Indeed they don't, Mother. My mother may be crotchety, Miss Potter, but she does have an eye for beautiful things. She was fascinated by your drawings.
是啊，大家都不听了。我母亲也许是有点神神叨叨，波特小姐，但是她可有双善于发现美丽的眼睛。她非常欣赏你的画。
■It seems that he is in crotchety opposition to his father.
看起来，他对他爸爸火气很大，也很敌对。
■The real trouble was that Gerhardt had grown intensely morose and crotchety, and it was becoming impossible for young people to live with him.
真正的毛病就在葛哈德的心境一天阴郁似一天，脾气也一天天的变古怪，以致青年人没有跟他同住的可能。
■The soot sprites from My Neighbor Totoro are here, working in the boiler room and feeding coal into the furnace, under the supervision of a crotchety old man with spider arms.
这个油屋欢迎着各种各样的客人，许多奇形怪样的，萝卜神和巨鸟，小型的交谈着的青蛙和龙。