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cantankerous (can TANK er ous) This adjective may come from the Latin word contingere for “to touch.” It means “very touchy” or “ill-tempered” and “disagreeable.”
- Though he is often cantankerous to the residents of Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch has a secret heart of gold.
- The cantankerous Mrs. Noodlesburg frequently reprimanded the Miller boys for playing softball on the street in front of her house.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
cantanklous（can TANK er ous）这个形容词可能来自拉丁语单词contingere，意思是“触摸”。它的意思是“非常敏感”或“脾气暴躁”和“令人不快”
尽管他经常对芝麻街的居民脾气暴躁，但奥斯卡有一颗金子般的秘密之心。
脾气暴躁的诺德斯堡夫人经常斥责米勒家的男孩们在她家门前的街道上打垒球。
