Crabby 脾氣暴躁的
Most hermit crabs live in the sea. This one was photographed on a beach in Zanzibar
今日小常識(shí)
Hermit crabs have a soft abdomen and they need to protect this with another animal’s empty shell. As they grow, they have to search out larger shells.
寄居蟹的腹部比較柔軟，所以它們用其他動(dòng)物的空殼來(lái)保護(hù)自己。隨著寄居蟹逐漸長(zhǎng)大，它們就需要尋找更大的殼。
今日短語(yǔ)
我們可以用 crabby 這個(gè)詞來(lái)形容那些脾氣暴躁，容易發(fā)火的人。
例句
Hi Tony. Be careful when talking to Mary. She is very crabby today!
I need my coffee early in the morning or I get very crabby all day long.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)容易被混淆的表達(dá)是 catty, 這個(gè)詞是用來(lái)形容那些傷人的話(huà)。
例句
Tony's catty remarks will win him no friends.
