grouch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. One who is grumpy or irritable.
    — I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.
动词 v.
  1. To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. intransitive
    — He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.

词形变化

grouches plural grouches present,singular,third-person grouching participle,present grouched participle,past grouched past

词汇关系

衍生词
grouch bag morning grouch

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
词源 2
From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
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