英：['krɒspætʃ]
美：['krɒsˌpætʃ]
crosspatch如何读
crosspatch是什么意思
- n.脾气坏的人
crosspatch自然拼读
cross·patch
kraws paech
crosspatch词根
词根：crossness
n.crossness 坏脾气
crosspatch英英释义
- n.a bad-tempered person
crosspatch词源英文解释
cross >entry 3 + patch >entry 3
The first known use of crosspatch was circa 1700
crosspatch 例句
1 “There! She promised I should go next time, for this is the last ice we shall have. But it’s no use to ask such a crosspatch to take me.”
2 ‘A youthful crosspatch’: John Simm as Hamlet at the Crucible, Sheffield.
3 But her charm assault is formidable, and it’s not long before this former crosspatch is bestowing kooky gifts, like whimsical bumblebee legwear, upon his lady love.
4 And I'm a regular crosspatch, I am, at times—and never a curse do I get—you're not like other women.
5 I am conscious of having been something of a crosspatch this week, so allow me to finish by applauding BBC4 for its North of England stuff.
6 “I call Miss Winstead crosspatch now,” she said on this occasion.
7 "What an old crosspatch he is," began Marjorie as her brother came up with her.
8 She did not say that she had called him a crosspatch, and kindly Discretion whispered in Mr. Wells' ear that it would be wise to leave well enough alone.
9 "I will take such good care of them, I promise, and if you like, I will pick the tenderest grass for old crosspatch," he added grudgingly.
10 "Old crosspatch, and to think how near I came to marrying you."
11 She supposed she would have to endure Miss Winstead, crosspatch as she was, and she did not enjoy the task which mother and Lord Jesus had set her.
12 "Well, don't be an old crosspatch," she smiled, determined now they were alone again to make the most of him.
13 "I said crosspatch," she faltered and waited bravely for the deluge.
14 It was while I looked at them that old crosspatch ran away.
15 But the old crosspatch never says a word when one comes near him to talk; all he does is to come along with his big stick.
16 “If that old crosspatch Rebecca says ‘My goodness’ thirty times till four o’clock I’ll fetch a tobacco worm and put it in her bonnet.
17 "I know I'm an old bear, and a crosspatch, and everything horrid,—but I'm nervous, Dotty, I AM."
18 "He won't ever forget I called him a crosspatch," she said sadly and she blushed.
19 Just because your father's an old crosspatch, YOU haven't lost your rights to his name and property.
20 that sweet little girl turns into a real crosspatch when she's hungry