gripe

gripe
verb

[reporting verb](informal)express a complaint or grumble about something, especially something trivial
(非正式)（尤指为小事）抱怨，发牢骚
[no obj.]he griped about empty counters in butchers’ shops.
他抱怨肉店里的柜台空空如也。
[with direct speech]‘Holidays make no difference to Simon,’ Pat griped.
“放不放假对西蒙来说没什么两样”帕特不满地说。
[with obj.]affect with gastric or intestinal pain
使（胃，肠）绞痛
it gripes my belly like a green apple.
它害得我肚子痛，就像吃了未成熟的苹果一样。
[as adj. griping]then the griping pains started.
接着肠胃开始绞痛。
[with obj.](archaic)grasp tightly; clutch
(古)握紧；抓住
Hilyard griped his dagger.
希尔亚德紧握匕首。
[with obj.](Nautical)secure (a boat) with gripes
(航海)用扣带系紧（小艇）
[no obj.](Sailing)(of a ship) turn to face the wind in spite of the helm
(航海)偏航

noun

(informal)a complaint, especially a trivial one
(非正式)抱怨，牢骚
my only gripe is that it could have been bigger.
我惟一的不满就是它原本可以更大些的。
[mass noun]gastric or intestinal pain; colic
胃（或肠）绞痛
(archaic)an act of grasping tightly
(古)紧握；抓牢
(gripes)(Nautical)lashings securing a boat in its place on deck or in davits
(航海)（把小艇固定在大船甲板或吊艇杆上的）小艇扣带

派生
griper
noun
语源

Old English grīpan 'grasp, clutch', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen 'seize', also to grip and grope. Sense 2 dates from the 17th cent.; sense 1, of US origin, dates from the 1930s

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