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

单词	crabbed
释义	crab·bed \ˈkrabə̇d\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, partly from crabbe (crustacean), partly from crabbe (crab apple) + ed 1. a. : perversely obstinate : intractable, contrary < he sets out his theory with such ingenuity … that it would be a crabbed mind indeed that didn't respond — R.J.Cruikshank > b. : out of humor : cross, petulant < the only audible response in this country should be a crabbed and jaundiced bickering — Economist > 2. : characterized by harshness or roughness : bitter < a crabbed satirist > < crabbed wit > 3. obsolete : crooked, gnarled, rough 4. : difficult to understand : intricate, obscure < crabbed style > < the crabbed complexities of fine automotive machinery — Newsweek > < his mature compositions are generally considered the more cerebral and crabbed — Sarah R. Watson > 5. of handwriting : difficult to read < wrote laboriously in his old man's crabbed hand — Verne Athanas > Synonyms: see sullen
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