curmudgeon
[kə:'mʌdʒən]
n. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人
参考例子
1.Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
的确，一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心，一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。
2.He was a brooding curmudgeon who thundered against industry, progress and the young science that sought to explain them.
他忧郁而脾气暴躁，怒斥工业、步以及试图对它们作出解释的科学。
3.Paul:How about to my editor, the old curmudgeon? Excuse me. He took me off the Anaconda story. I'm a reporter at The Bee.
保罗：为我的编辑干杯，那个守财奴。他扔掉我阿纳康达的故事。我是个湿袜子记者。
英文解释
n.
1.a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
网络释义
curmudgeon
坏脾气的; 乖戾的人; 存心不良的人; 难以取悦的人;
Although we may think him a curmudgeon
尽管大家都觉得他脾气暴躁;