英语词汇“cranky”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cranky

/ˈkraŋki

adjective (crankier, crankiest)

1British informal Eccentric or strange: a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere...

In life he was regarded as an awkward customer, a cranky, eccentric figure with a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way.
The administrators are cranky and making the strangest decisions.
We're not this weird, cranky, fanged minority that is secretly drinking blood in the name of its depraved godlessness!

Synonyms

eccentric, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, quirky, avant-garde, unconventional, off-centre, strange, outlandish, ridiculous, ludicrous;

mad, insane, crazy, absurd

informal wacky, screwy, nutty, nuts, crackpot, cracked, oddball, kinky, off the wall, way out, dippy, cuckoo

British informal daft

North American informal kooky, wacko, left-field

Australian/New Zealand informal, dated dilly

2chiefly North American Bad-tempered; irritable: he was cranky after eight hours of working...

This lack of rest has caused a radical shift in my personality, making me cranky, irritable, and prone to curse loudly at the slightest provocation.
Do you find yourself irritable and cranky, taking out your anxiety and frustration on those you love?
These individuals are emotionally robust despite their shy demeanour, and they have high standards for themselves, which is why they can seem cranky and irritable.

Synonyms

bad-tempered, irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, in a (bad) mood, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish;

having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, crusty, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained

informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused

British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head

North American informal ornery, peckish, soreheaded

Australian/New Zealand informal snaky

informal, dated waxy, miffy

3(Of a machine) working erratically: after a juddering landing the cranky plane eased up the runway...

He would have had to spend many hours with expensive and cranky machinery in order to make phonetic measurements to correlate with listener judgments.
The old, cranky generator breaks down with an annoying frequency, severing us from the computer and studio lights.
The engine, cranky, rusty, out-of-practice, whirred to life. The entire vehicle began to shake, violently at first, then settling.

Derivatives

crankily

adverb ...

Kassy shook her head crankily, ‘It's nothing!’
I remembered our argument and frowned crankily.
I crankily pulled out my emergency credit card.

crankiness

noun ...

As a person ages, the signs of depression are much more likely to be dismissed as crankiness or grumpiness.
The fact that she knows hormones are causing her temporary crankiness doesn't make the feelings any less real, so cut her some slack.
If you cut back, your body shows signs of caffeine withdrawal, like headaches, crankiness and sleepiness.

Origin

Late 18th century (in the sense 'sickly, in poor health'): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank 'a rogue feigning sickness', from Dutch or German krank 'sick'.

单词	cranky
释义	cranky /ˈkraŋki / adjective (crankier, crankiest) 1British informal Eccentric or strange: a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere... In life he was regarded as an awkward customer, a cranky, eccentric figure with a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way. The administrators are cranky and making the strangest decisions. We're not this weird, cranky, fanged minority that is secretly drinking blood in the name of its depraved godlessness! Synonyms eccentric, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, quirky, avant-garde, unconventional, off-centre, strange, outlandish, ridiculous, ludicrous; mad, insane, crazy, absurd informal wacky, screwy, nutty, nuts, crackpot, cracked, oddball, kinky, off the wall, way out, dippy, cuckoo British informal daft North American informal kooky, wacko, left-field Australian/New Zealand informal, dated dilly 2chiefly North American Bad-tempered; irritable: he was cranky after eight hours of working... This lack of rest has caused a radical shift in my personality, making me cranky, irritable, and prone to curse loudly at the slightest provocation. Do you find yourself irritable and cranky, taking out your anxiety and frustration on those you love? These individuals are emotionally robust despite their shy demeanour, and they have high standards for themselves, which is why they can seem cranky and irritable. Synonyms bad-tempered, irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, in a (bad) mood, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish; having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, crusty, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head North American informal ornery, peckish, soreheaded Australian/New Zealand informal snaky informal, dated waxy, miffy 3(Of a machine) working erratically: after a juddering landing the cranky plane eased up the runway... He would have had to spend many hours with expensive and cranky machinery in order to make phonetic measurements to correlate with listener judgments. The old, cranky generator breaks down with an annoying frequency, severing us from the computer and studio lights. The engine, cranky, rusty, out-of-practice, whirred to life. The entire vehicle began to shake, violently at first, then settling. Derivatives crankily adverb ... Kassy shook her head crankily, ‘It's nothing!’ I remembered our argument and frowned crankily. I crankily pulled out my emergency credit card. crankiness noun ... As a person ages, the signs of depression are much more likely to be dismissed as crankiness or grumpiness. The fact that she knows hormones are causing her temporary crankiness doesn't make the feelings any less real, so cut her some slack. If you cut back, your body shows signs of caffeine withdrawal, like headaches, crankiness and sleepiness. Origin Late 18th century (in the sense 'sickly, in poor health'): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank 'a rogue feigning sickness', from Dutch or German krank 'sick'. Rhymes Frankie, hanky, hanky-panky, lanky, manky, swanky, Yankee
随便看	get a life get a line on get a load of get along get a move on get a (or the) feel for (or of) get a room get around get a shift on get at get-at-able get away getaway get away with get away with (blue) murder get a wiggle on get a word in edgeways get back at get (back) into the swing of things get back to get busy get by get cracking get down get down to

cranky

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crankily

crankiness

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