地道英语表达每日一词:crabby “雷公”“脾气暴躁的人”
说一个人动不动就暴跳如雷,是个“雷公”,是个“脾气暴躁的人”,我们可以用crabby这个词:crabby想像“螃蟹”(a crab)那样的,横行霸道的。
1) 用中文学英语:
1. Easy.William.Don't be crabby.
放松,William.不要动不动就火冒三丈的。
2. She gets crabby if she doesn't get enough sleep.
她如果睡眠不足,脾气爆的很。
3. What a crabby old man!
脾气大的很的老头。
2) 用英语学英语:
To be crabby is to be bad-tempered, to be ill-natured,to be quick-tempered.
When we say someone is crabby,we mean he or she is bad-tempered, ill-natured,quick-tempered.
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