adj.思想奇怪的；脾氣壞的

It seems that he is in crotchety opposition to his father. 看起來，他對他爸爸火氣很大，也很敵對。

It was one of thoes rare occasions when I ignored the crotchety old voice that spoiled my fun. 像這樣無視那扼殺了我的樂趣的古怪聲音，還真是屈指可數(shù)。

It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial. 不出所料，這個大膽，些許有些離奇的建議一經(jīng)提出便立刻引起爭議。

My character is the sort of crotchety Yankee show -me type, and I'm not there to actually do the cooking. 我的性格屬于那種美國式的想入非非的自我展示型，我實(shí)際上不是真的在烹調(diào)。

Indeed they don't, Mother. My mother may be crotchety, Miss Potter, but she does have an eye for beautiful things. She was fascinated by your drawings. 是啊,大家都不聽了。我母親也許是有點(diǎn)神神叨叨,波特小姐,但是她可有雙善于發(fā)現(xiàn)美麗的眼睛。她非常欣賞你的畫。