crabbed

英 ['kræbɪd; kræbd] 美 ['kræbɪd]
  • adj. 暴躁的;难懂的;晦涩的;潦草的
  • v. 抱怨;侧航(crab的过去分词)
GRE
crabbed
«
1 / 3
»
crabbed
crabbed: [13] Because of their tendency to deploy their pincers at the slightest provocation, and also perhaps because of their sidelong method of locomotion, crabs seem always to have had a reputation for being short-tempered and perverse. Hence the creation of the adjective crabbed, which literally means ‘like a crab’. Its meaning has subsequently been influenced by crab the apple, famous for its sourness. (The semantically similar crabby is a 16th-century formation.)
crabbed (adj.)
late 14c., "peevish, angry, ill-tempered," from crab (n.1), from the crab's combative disposition; mid-15c. as "resembling a crab" in reference to crookedness. Of taste "bitter, harsh," late 14c., from crab (n.2).
1. His mature composi tions are generally considered the more cerebral and crabbed.
他成熟的作品一般被认为是触动理智的和难于理解的.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.
他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。

来自辞典例句

3. The crabbed, patient experimenting of these Arab alchemists spread into the Christian world.
这些阿拉伯炼金术士难以捉摸、坚韧不拔的实验方法传人基督教世界.

来自英汉非文学 - 历史

4. The tightly packed words crabbed across the page.
紧紧挤在一起的字斜斜地横在页面上.

来自互联网

5. Broadside winds crabbed the boat close to riverbank.
从舷侧吹过来的风使船斜行到河岸.

来自互联网