Word · Frequency #23898
cranky
易怒的；脾气坏的；烦躁的
Easily upset or annoyed; grouchy or irritable.
- 1.
Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
有故障的；出毛病的。
- 2.
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
暴躁的；易怒的；爱发脾气的。
- 3.
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
精神不正常的；古怪的。
- 4.
Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
易倾覆的(指船舶因货物堆放不当或压载不足)。
有毛病的；出故障的；古怪的；行为怪异的；（船）易倾覆的；有故障的；出毛病的。；暴躁的；易怒的；爱发脾气的。
In use
After a long day at work, my boss became cranky and snapped at everyone.
The baby gets cranky when she's tired.
He's always cranky in the morning before his coffee.
be cranky about sth
表示对某事物感到恼火。
He is cranky about the delay.
他对延误很暴躁。
get cranky (when...)
指在某种条件下变得易怒。
She gets cranky when she is tired.
她累了就会变得脾气坏。
cranky + noun
cranky 可直接修饰名词，如 mood, person。
He is in a cranky mood today.
他今天情绪暴躁。
Connections
Collocations
- get cranky
- 变得暴躁
- He gets cranky when he's tired.他累了就变得暴躁。
- feeling cranky
- 感到烦躁
- I've been feeling cranky all day.我一整天都感到烦躁。
- cranky mood
- 坏脾气
- She's in a cranky mood this morning.她今天早上心情不好。
- cranky baby
- 烦躁的婴儿
- The cranky baby wouldn't stop crying.那个烦躁的婴儿一直哭个不停。
- cranky old man
- 脾气坏的老人
- Don't mind him; he's just a cranky old man.别介意他，他只是个脾气坏的老人。
- get crankier
- 变得更暴躁
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个脾气暴躁的人（cranky）不停地转动曲柄（crank），发出刺耳的声音，让人烦躁。
Context & Register
cranky 是非正式用语，多用于形容人或机器易怒或出故障的状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'lanky' rhymes with 'cranky' (both /ˈlæŋki/ and /ˈkræŋki/). The other words ('funky', 'chunky', 'stinky', 'lucky', 'spunky') share the -ky spelling but have different stressed vowels (/ʌ/, /ʌ/, /ɪ/, /ʌ/, /ʌ/ respectively).
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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