ornery
英 ['??n?r?]
美['?rn?ri]
- adj. 壞脾氣的；低劣的
中文詞源
ornery 脾氣暴躁的，鬧別扭的
來自ordinary方言縮寫，詞義由普通的引申為劣質(zhì)的，粗糙的，后用于形容人脾氣壞的，鬧別扭的。
英文詞源
- ornery (adj.)
- 1816, American English dialectal contraction of ordinary (adj.). "Commonplace," hence "of poor quality, coarse, ugly." By c. 1860 the sense had evolved to "mean, cantankerous." Related: Orneriness.
雙語例句
- 1. The old lady was still being ornery, but at least she had consented to this visit.
- 這位老太太脾氣還是那么犟，但至少她已經(jīng)同意接受此次拜訪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is mostly because we're mean and ornery.
- 多半是因為我們小心眼,有點固執(zhí).
來自辭典例句
- 3. I got to go to church and sweat and sweat -- I hate them ornery sermons!
- 我還得去做禮拜,弄得渾身是汗 —— 我恨那些一文不值的布道辭!
來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險
- 4. When he was 16 when is ornery shoots carves the hero!
- 當(dāng)他十六歲時已是威名遠播的射雕英雄了!
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. It's aid that Lao ornery good terms with the minister.
- 據(jù)說老張和那個部長的關(guān)系特別好.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)