cranky

英語

詞源

源自crank +‎ -y。對比中古低地德語 krankich (「不太舒服的」)。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈkɹæŋki/

• （美國）音頻：

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• 韻部：-æŋki

形容詞

cranky (比較級 crankier，最高級 crankiest)

1. (指機器等) 有問題的，工作不正常的

   近義詞：shaky

   • 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness: The River of Doubt:

     We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. 脾氣不好的，易怒的，暴躁的

   He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.

   他忙了一天工作回到家，又累心情又差。

3. 性情乖僻的，心理有問題的
   • 1934 December, Robert E. Howard, The Road to Bear Creek, in Action Stories,

     Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.

4. crank (「（指船因貨物堆放不恰當或壓艙物不足而容易）傾覆的」)之同義詞

   a cranky vessel

   好像要翻了的輪船

5. (古舊) 精力充沛的
6. (棄用) 身體羸弱的