Mark Twain has a similar effect, and we connect him with a smarmy, witty, affectionately curmudgeonly type of writing.

马克·吐温(Mark Twain)的名声也不例外，我们常把这位作家与谄媚、诙谐、亲切、乖戾的写作风格联系在一起。

The way he wrote was typical of his personality–solitary and curmudgeonly.

他的写作方式很典型地体现了他的性格——孤独、脾气暴躁。

] LATIF: I sort of think of him like our curmudgeonly watchdog.

] 拉蒂夫：我觉得他就像是我们脾气暴躁的看门狗。

Its instantaneous comic book associations give it a zippy, ebullient, jaunty-little-boy flare. Unless you're the curmudgeonly Archie Bunker, of course, but even he has his place in the pop culture hall of fame.

它与漫画书的即时联系赋予其一种活泼、热情、洋洋得意的小男孩形象。当然，除非你是脾气乖戾的阿奇·邦克，但即使是他也在流行文化的名人堂中占有一席之地。

I wouldn't say I had a crush, I just had a momentary lapse of reason, but now I'm back to my normal curmudgeonly self, and I never think about her, ever.

我不会说我有暗恋， 我只是一时的理智失误，但现在我又回到了平时脾气暴躁的自我，我从来没有想过她， 从来没有。