ornery

adj.

1. 脾气暴躁的；难对付的；别扭的
   bad-tempered and difficult to deal with

1. ADJ-GRADED 脾气暴躁的；难以相处的；刻薄的
   If you describe someone as ornery, you mean that they are bad-tempered, difficult, and often do things that are mean.
   1. The old lady was still being ornery, but at least she had consented to this visit.
      这位老太太脾气还是那么犟，但至少她已经同意接受此次拜访。

1. The old lady was still being ornery, but at least she had consented to this visit.
   这位老太太脾气还是那么犟，但至少她已经同意接受此次拜访。
2. Last week in Los Angeles, the reformers learned just how ornery the current system can be.
   上周在洛杉矶，改革派领教了当前体制令人不快的一面。
3. When the Buddha himself intervenes in Monkey's fate, stretching forth a giant blue hand to tamp down his unruly excesses, this ornery creature has the nerve to urinate in his palm, for which he pays a heavy price.
   佛祖本人后来也被请来制服猴子，他伸出巨大的蓝色手掌压制猴子不守规矩的过分行为，这只坏脾气的猴子居然还有胆量在他的手掌上撒尿，他为此付出了沉重的代价。
4. You are the only person I know who would be ornery enough to sit and watch TV during national library week.
   你是我知道的唯一一个人在国家图书馆读书周故意整天坐在电视机前面看节目。
5. What is part bull, part bear and so ornery that even the hardiest souls are afraid to get too close?
   牛半熊、喜怒无常，以至于连最无畏的勇者也不敢靠的太近的东西是什么？
6. He had been in an ornery mood all day, rowing with his wife and his boss.
   他一整天脾气都很坏，和他的妻子吵架，和他的老板吵架。
7. It is mostly because we're mean and ornery.
   多半是因为我们小心眼，有点固执。
8. Quint got ornery when he was bored.
   昆特厌烦时脾气很坏。
9. On top of that, the tools themselves were almost universally immature and ornery.
   其中最严重的是，这些工具几乎普遍都不够成熟，性能也一般。
10. I got to go to church and sweat and sweat& I hate them ornery sermons!
    我还得去做礼拜，弄得浑身是汗&我恨那些一文不值的布道辞！
11. Nathan is so ornery in the morning that he never answers his phone.
    纳单早上情绪最差，他从来不接电话。
12. Designated cow catchers now rope the ornery beasts for shipping to the suburbs.
    指定的赶牛人现在将这些坏脾气的野兽用绳牵着运到郊区。