形容詞 cross-grained:

1. difficult to deal with
   同義詞：contrarious
2. of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
   同義詞：curly-grained, wavy-grained

cross-grained

adj.（形容詞）
Having an irregular, transverse, or diagonal grain, as opposed to a parallel grain.
斜紋的：有不規(guī)則的、橫向或斜向木紋的，與平行木紋相對(duì)稱
Troublesome to deal with; contrary.
難對(duì)付的；乖戾的