grouse

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n. 松鸡, 牢骚 vi. 埋怨

发音

US /ɡɹaʊs/
UK /ɡɹaʊs/
AU /ɡræɔs/
NZ /ɡræus/

词形变化

grouses 复数 grouses 三单 grousing 现在分词 groused 过去式 groused 过去分词 grouser 比较级 grousest grousest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.

    岩雷鸟

    松鸡

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

    不可数 可数
  3. 1.

    A cause for complaint; a grumble.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To hunt or shoot grouse.

    不及物
  2. 1.

    To complain or grumble.

    非正式 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Excellent.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 俚语

    I had a grouse day.

    That food was grouse.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

game bird wildfowl

下位词 10

partridge black grouse capercaillie capercailzie prairie chicken ptarmigan ruffed grouse sage grouse sage hen sharp-tailed grouse

整体词 1

covey
动词

同义词 7

bitch beef crab holler squawk gripe bellyache

上位词 7

kick plain complain fowl kvetch quetch sound off

相关短语

grouse whortleberry [网络] 松鸡丝 grouse whortleberries grouse locust grouse locusts black grouse [鸟类]黑琴鸡(Lyrurus tetrix)[亦作 black game] wood grouse ruffed grouse 披肩鸡; 披肩榛鸡 willow grouse hazel grouse 榛鸡 sand grouse [鸟] 沙鸡 red grouse [鸟类]赤松鸡(Lagopus scoticus) sage grouse [鸟] 艾草榛鸡 Caucasian grouse dusky grouse spruce grouse [医]漂亮树鸡

词源

Attested in the 1530s, as grows ("moorhen"), a plural used collectively. The origin of the noun is unknown; the following derivations have been suggested: * From Old French grue (“crane”) (modern French grue) or Medieval Latin gruta (“crane”), both from Latin grūs (“crane”). * Borrowed from Celtic or a different Medieval Latin word. * Imitative of the bird’s call. The verb is derived from the noun.

来源：wiktionary