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

crosspatch

/ˈkrɒspatʃ

noun informal

A bad-tempered person.York is bulging at the walls with Scrooges, Grinches, crotchety crosspatches and other assorted bah humbuggers....

The crosspatch is therefore disabled physically, socially and psychologically.
Mr Curry was no one person in particular but an amalgam of all the mean, intolerant and bigoted crosspatches I had come across over the years.

Synonyms

shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper;

misery, mope, dog in the manger, damper, dampener, spoilsport, pessimist, prophet of doom;

North American crank

informal sourpuss, grouch, grump, virago, grouser, whinger, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant

North American informal kvetch, sorehead

rare jade, melancholiac

Early 18th century: from the adjective cross + obsolete patch 'fool, clown', perhaps from Italian pazzo 'madman'.

单词	crosspatch
释义	crosspatch /ˈkrɒspatʃ / noun informal A bad-tempered person.York is bulging at the walls with Scrooges, Grinches, crotchety crosspatches and other assorted bah humbuggers.... The crosspatch is therefore disabled physically, socially and psychologically. Mr Curry was no one person in particular but an amalgam of all the mean, intolerant and bigoted crosspatches I had come across over the years. Synonyms shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper; misery, mope, dog in the manger, damper, dampener, spoilsport, pessimist, prophet of doom; North American crank informal sourpuss, grouch, grump, virago, grouser, whinger, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant North American informal kvetch, sorehead rare jade, melancholiac Origin Early 18th century: from the adjective cross + obsolete patch 'fool, clown', perhaps from Italian pazzo 'madman'.
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