grouch
grouch
[graʊtʃ]
noun
[graʊtʃ]
noun
- a habitually grumpy person
坏脾气的人，性情暴躁的人
rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch.
最重要的摇滚诗人，也是一个行为粗鲁、脾气暴躁的人。
■a complaint or grumble
抱怨，牢骚
my only real grouch was that the children's chorus was far less easy on the ear.
我惟一真正的不满是孩子们的合唱部分远远没有那么动听。
■a fit of grumbling or sulking
脾气的发作；生气
he's in a thundering grouch.
他大发雷霆。
- [no obj.]voice one's discontent in an ill-tempered manner; grumble
发脾气；发牢骚
there's not a lot to grouch about.
没有太多可抱怨的。
- late 19th cent.: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier 'to grumble, murmur', of unknown origin. Compare with grudge
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