crabbed

His mature composi tions are generally considered the more cerebral and crabbed .

他成熟的作品一般被认为是触动理智的和难于理解的

Old age had crabbed my nature .

年老使我的性格变得乖戾。

The name of duggan , written in a crabbed hand .

写得潦草难认的名字达根。

A crabbed knot must have a crabbed wedge .

难解的绳结得用坚硬的楔子来对付。

He met a crabbed , cantankerous director .

他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。

Instead of including that paragraph , she added one that described Lengel 's crabbed response to the girls so that she could lead up to the A & P " policy " he enforces .

这一段描述了Lengel对女孩子的回答尖酸刻薄，这样她就把话题引向了他强调的A&P政策。

The world seems a vast horrible grinding machine , into which what is fresh and bright and pure is pushed at one end , to come out old and crabbed and wrinkled at the other .

这世界似乎是一台巨大而可怕的研磨机，一头送进去的东西是新鲜，光亮，纯洁的，另一头出来的却是老迈龙钟，脾气乖戾，满脸皱纹。

I like sullen , crabbed , scowling words , such as skulk , glower , scabby , churl .

我喜欢阴沉、乖戾、晦暗的词。比如skulk（躲躲闪闪），glower（怒目而视），scabby（卑劣的），churl（吝啬鬼）。