音标:[kә:'mʌdʒәn] ;
n. 脾气坏的人, 吝啬鬼
n. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
词型变化:名词复数形式 : curmudgeons
考试类型:[GRE]
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curmudgeon的用法和样例:

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用作名词(n.)
  1. This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.这是我的烟斗导师教给我的,他是一个不苟言笑,脾气乖戾的老头,但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。

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