kvetch

vi.<美俚> 强求, 督促, 经常性地发牢骚, 抱怨 n. <美俚> 催逼的人, 吹毛求疵的人,老找碴的人

发音

CA /kvɛt͡ʃ/
UK /kvɛt͡ʃ/
US /kvɛt͡ʃ/

词形变化

kvetches 复数 kvetches kvetched kvetches 三单 kvetching kvetching 现在分词 kvetched 过去式 kvetched 过去分词

别名

kvitch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.

  2. 2.

    An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

v.
  1. 1.

    To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 9

complaint crybaby whiner bellyacher complainer grumbler moaner sniveller squawker
动词

同义词 5

kick plain complain quetch sound off

上位词 4

express utter verbalize verbalise

下位词 10

bitch report beef protest crab rail peck scold holler nag

词源

From Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).

来源：wiktionary