His mature compositions are generally considered the more cerebral and crabbed.

他成熟的作品一般被认为是触动理智的和难于理解的.

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He met a crabbed, cantankerous director.

他碰上了一位坏脾气、爱争吵的主管。

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The tightly packed words crabbed across the page.

紧紧挤在一起的字斜斜地横在页面上.

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Broadside winds crabbed the boat close to riverbank.

从舷侧吹过来的风使船斜行到河岸.

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Old age had crabbed my nature.

年老使我的性格变得乖戾.

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A crabbed knot must have a crabbed wedge.

难解的绳结得用坚硬的楔子来对付.

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