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

cross-grained

/ˈkrɒsɡreɪnd

adjective

1(Of timber) having a grain that runs across the regular grain.Complementing the bookmatched crotch mahogany veneers of the panels and drawer faces are the cross-grained rosewood facings of the finial plinth, doorframes, and drawer banding....

The lower portions of the bookcase doors have panels of crotch mahogany set within cross-grained and mitred satinwood surrounds.
The drawer openings were defined by cross-grained half-round moldings glued directly to the case.

2Stubbornly contrary or bad-tempered: Bruce was a cross-grained and boastful individual...

One can see that his colleagues must have regarded him as a cross-grained old curmudgeon.
How should you like it if any cross-grained brute should call you Mr M the moment he chose to be uncivil?
The reaction in the Scottish Parliament this week said a lot about our MSPs and their cross-grained views.

Synonyms

awkward, difficult, uncooperative, perverse, contrary, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, unreasonable, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, disobedient, recalcitrant, refractory, wilful, headstrong, self-willed, capricious, wayward;

stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, mulish, pig-headed, bull-headed, intractable;

Scottish thrawn

informal cussed

British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy

North American informal balky

archaic froward, contumacious

rare renitent, pervicacious, contrarious

单词	cross-grained
释义	cross-grained /ˈkrɒsɡreɪnd / adjective 1(Of timber) having a grain that runs across the regular grain.Complementing the bookmatched crotch mahogany veneers of the panels and drawer faces are the cross-grained rosewood facings of the finial plinth, doorframes, and drawer banding.... The lower portions of the bookcase doors have panels of crotch mahogany set within cross-grained and mitred satinwood surrounds. The drawer openings were defined by cross-grained half-round moldings glued directly to the case. 2Stubbornly contrary or bad-tempered: Bruce was a cross-grained and boastful individual... One can see that his colleagues must have regarded him as a cross-grained old curmudgeon. How should you like it if any cross-grained brute should call you Mr M the moment he chose to be uncivil? The reaction in the Scottish Parliament this week said a lot about our MSPs and their cross-grained views. Synonyms awkward, difficult, uncooperative, perverse, contrary, unhelpful, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, unreasonable, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, disobedient, recalcitrant, refractory, wilful, headstrong, self-willed, capricious, wayward; stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, mulish, pig-headed, bull-headed, intractable; Scottish thrawn informal cussed British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy North American informal balky archaic froward, contumacious rare renitent, pervicacious, contrarious
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