单词 |
crotchety |
释义 |
crotchety, a.|ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ| [f. crotchet n.1 + -y1.] Given to crotchets; full of crotchets.
1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. 215 He was crotchety, positive and wild. 1867Bright Sp. Reform (1876) 408 All sorts of crotchety people. b. Of actions, etc.: Of the nature of a crotchet.
1847Disraeli Tancred vi. v, I threw no obstacles in his crotchetty course. 1890Spectator 25 Jan., Crotchety attempts to alter the style and title of the House of Lords. |

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