Cranky

GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 怪癖的; 不稳的
• ［英］ adj. 怪癖的 ( queer, eccentric) ; 不稳的 ( unsteady)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective (crankier; -est)

• Etymology: ¹crank
• Date: 1821
• 1.
  • a. given to fretful fussiness ; readily angered when opposed ; crotchety <our long wait…left us a tad cranky — Connecticut
  • b. marked by eccentricity <his bizarre and cranky mix of ideas and beliefs — R. J. Evans
• 2. full of twists and turns ; tortuous cranky road
• 3. working erratically ; unpredictable cranky old tractor
• 4. dialect crazy, imbecile
• ? crankily adverb
• ? crankiness noun

II. adjective

• Date: 1841
• of a boat crank V

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