| 单词 | cranky |
| 释义 | cranky (once / 6727 pages) 1adj 2adj Cranky is one of those words that sounds a little bit like what it means: one who is cranky is easily annoyed, irritable, or testy. My sister gets cranky when she doesn't eat. If you want to have a good day, keep her well fed. A cranky person doesn't get furious or outraged, they're just easier than usual to annoy—things get on their nerves more quickly than they do for other people. You could think of someone who's cranky as having actual crank. When they're hungry, tired or otherwise worn out that crank is easy to turn—it doesn't take much to make them mad. A person in a good mood, though, has a crank that isn't as easy to turn. That's because they're not cranky. WORD FAMILYcranky: crankier, crankiest, crankily, crankiness+/crank: cranked, cranking, crankly, cranks, cranky/crankiness: crankinesses USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Groff is winningly neurotic as a cranky composer facing mortality when hit by a brain malfunction. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) You just know they’re going to get all cranky whenever anyone calls them the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) Barney Frank, long known as America’s crankiest liberal, is actually not feeling too badly. The New Yorker(Nov 23, 2016) 1 adj easily irritated or annoyed 2Syn fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition adj (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail Syn crank, tender, tippy unstable lacking stability or fixity or firmness |
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