n.不和藹；粗魯；險(xiǎn)惡的天氣

A friend of mine went to buy a stamp at a post office where some of the clerks have a reputation for surliness. 我的朋友去郵局買張郵票，那兒有一個(gè)職員出名的粗暴無禮。

Some restaurants are famous for the surliness of their wait-ers and waitresses,using bad manners to attract masochistic munchers by the roomful. 有些餐館以男女侍者的粗魯而聞 名，他們的無禮吸引了一屋子受虐狂食客。

She's Rita (Andie MacDowell), Phil's long-suffering producer, who has had to put up with his tantrums, demands, surliness and general lack of couth. 她是麗塔，菲爾的節(jié)目制作人，她一直不得不容忍著他的暴躁、無理取鬧、粗野舉止以及毫無修養(yǎng)的言語。