| 单词 | crotchetiness |
| 例句 | Her self-confessed shyness is easy to misinterpret it as crotchetiness. Annie Proulx: ‘I’ve had a life. I see how slippery things can be’ 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z These repeated resignations gave him a reputation for crotchetiness, which he did not decrease by his disposition to embarrass his old colleagues by his action on free trade questions in the session of 1841. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He had the soundest head I ever knew since Cornewall Lewis left us, curiously original, yet without the faintest taint of crotchetiness, or prejudice, or passion, which so generally mars originality. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch |
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