| 释义 |
repiner|rɪˈpaɪnə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who repines or is discontented; a grumbler.
1551R. Ascham Let. to E. Raven 23 Feb., He is likely to make..the Germans, of secret repiners, open foes. 1594T. Bedingfield tr. Machiavelli's Florentine Hist. (1595) 91 To occasion these repiners feele the smart of their counsell. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 91 He is a scoffer, derider, and repiner. 1750Berkeley Max. conc. Patriotism §23 We are not to think..every splenetick repiner against a court is therefore a patriot. 1805A. Wilson Epist. to A. Clarke, Heaven..showers with fury dread, Tormenting ills on the repiner's head. 1854Whittier Maud Muller 102 Alas!.. For rich repiner and household drudge! |