grouch

FREQ #30679

n. 脾气的发作, 坏脾气, 不高兴的人, 心怀不满 vi. 闹脾气, 发牢骚

发音

US /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/

词形变化

grouches 复数 grouches grouched grouches 三单 grouching grouching 现在分词 grouched 过去式 grouched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is grumpy or irritable.

    I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.

  2. 2.

    A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.

    But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch.

v.
  1. 1.

    To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.

    不及物

    He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

crank grump churl crosspatch

下位词 5

crab hothead misanthrope fireeater misanthropist
动词

同义词 2

scold grumble

上位词 6

kick plain complain kvetch quetch sound off

相关短语

grouch bag grouch bags Oscar the Grouch morning grouch

词源

From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.

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