curmudgeonly

基本解釋

He is themost curmudgeonly character in a star-studdedDisney menagerie that includes Mickey and MinnieMouse, Goofy and Pluto.
在眾星云集的迪斯尼卡通大家庭中，唐老鴨是最小氣的一位，迪斯尼麾下還有米老鼠米奇和米妮，高飛和布魯托。
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EVEN the most curmudgeonly critic would have to admit the one great benefit of e-government: it comes twinned with i-government, where i stands for information.
甚至最小氣的批評家都不得不承認電子政府的一個巨大好處：它伴隨著信息政府。
There's the cliche of the curmudgeonly comic – grouchy, aloof, a bit passive aggressive – and there's the one who can't switch off, and craves laughter like you or I need oxygen.
他們的特征都是小氣的喜劇演員共有的——愛抱怨、冷漠、些許消極的攻擊性。還有一種演員則不停地讓你我笑到缺氧。

Given America's marvellous performance, it seems curmudgeonly, unAmerican even, to question this thinking.
ECONOMIST: The
My favorite traveling foodie, DIY kitchen guru, and curmudgeonly wise-ass, Mark Bittman, is ending his popular column, The Minimalist.
FORBES: NY Times Minimalist Column Ends, Bittman Branches Out

If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.