cranky
adjective /ˈkræŋki/
/ˈkræŋki/
(informal)- (British English) strange
古怪的；怪异的 - cranky ideas/schemes
离奇古怪的想法／计划
- cranky ideas/schemes
- (especially North American English) easily annoyed
脾气坏的 - The kids were getting tired and a little cranky.
孩子们越来越累，脾气也有些变坏了。
- The kids were getting tired and a little cranky.
词源late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sickly, in poor health’): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank ‘a rogue pretending to be sick’, from Dutch or German krank ‘sick’.