- (British English)
strange synonym eccentric古怪的;怪异的 cranky ideas/schemes 离奇古怪的想法/计划
- (especially North American English)
easily annoyed Topics Feelingsc2脾气坏的
Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sickly, in poor health’): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank ‘a rogue pretending to be sick’, from Dutch or German krank ‘sick’.