grouch

英 [ɡraʊtʃ]

美 [ɡraʊtʃ]

n.  好抱怨(或发牢骚)的人; (对小事的)抱怨，牢骚
v.  <口>抱怨，发牢骚

复数：grouches　现在分词：grouching　过去式：grouched　第三人称单数：grouches　过去分词：grouched　

GRE

COCA.32378

牛津词典

noun

• 好抱怨（或发牢骚）的人
  a person who complains a lot
• （对小事的）抱怨，牢骚
  a complaint about sth unimportant

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 好抱怨的人；常发牢骚的人
  Agrouchis someone who is always complaining in a bad-tempered way.
  1. He's an old grouch but she puts up with him.
     他是个喜欢抱怨的老头，但是她对他很包容。
• N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
  Agrouchis a bad-tempered complaint.
  1. One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.
     人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。

英英释义

noun

• a bad-tempered person
  Synonym:grumpcrankchurlcrosspatch

verb

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
  1. He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong
  2. We grumbled about the increased work load
  Synonym:grumblescold

双语例句

• This kind of person is incontrollable oneself feeling, often be angry grouch.
  这种人不能控制自己的感情，常发怒闹脾气。
• I am a grouch before my first cup of coffee.
  我在喝第一杯咖啡之前，脾气总是很不好。
• Other nice things about lithium in your soda, it dispels hangovers, takes the ouch out of grouch.
  汽水中的锂还有其他好处，它能消除宿醉，能缓解烦闷的情绪。
• He's an old grouch but she puts up with him.
  他是个喜欢抱怨的老头，但是她对他很包容。
• Had only one grouch against the landlord.
  对房东只有一点不满意。
• Airlines grouch that landing fees always rise at privatised airports.
  航空公司抱怨说，私有化机场的降落费一直都在涨。
• Of course, they all call me a grouch.
  他们大家当然说我爱发牢骚。
• She had no time at all to recall the miserable past, no time to grouch or sigh.
  她没有时间为自己的遭遇呻吟叹息。
• Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it.
  道森先生是个坏脾气的老头子，镇上的每个人都知道这个。
• He is in a grouch with his friends.
  他和他的朋友闹别扭呢。