1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.
实用例句
1. The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.
那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊,这样我就脱身了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.
