But Gerald was " loud-mouthed and bullheaded, " as his mother fondly phrased it, hair trigger of temper, quick with his fists and possessed of a chip on his shoulder so large as to be almost visible to the naked eye.
可杰拉尔德像他母亲钟爱地形容的那样,是个" 高嗓门,笨脑袋" ,嬷嬷暴躁,动辄使拳头,并且盛气凌人,叫人见人怕。