WordNet
- a small tool or hooklike implement
PrepTutorEJDIC
- (人・考え方が)気まぐれな,風変わりな,気むずかしい
- 気まぐれな(とっぴな)孝え,奇想・小型の掛けかぎ4 分音符 (《米》 quarter note)
English Journal
- 'Not him again!' Thoughts on coping with irritating elderly patients.
- Slocum HE1.
- Geriatrics.Geriatrics.1989 Oct;44(10):75, 78, 83-4.
- Elderly patients are sometimes stereotyped as "crocks" and "gomers"--crotchety chronic complainers beyond help and hope. Difficult as it may be, there is a professional way to respond to patients meeting the description.
- PMID 2792775
- How to handle the crotchety, elderly patient.
- Gasek G.
- Nursing.Nursing.1980 Mar;10(3):46-8.
- PMID 6898905
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- crotchetyとは。意味や和訳。[形容詞]1 奇想にとらわれた；〈特に女性が〉気まぐれな，移り気な；〈特に老人が〉気難しい，偏屈な.2 〈考えなどが〉風変わりな，奇矯な.[語源]1825crotchetiness [名詞] - 80万項目以上収録、例文 ...
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