单词 | grouch |
释义 | grouch From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgrouchgrouch1 /ɡraʊtʃ/ noun informal1 [countable]BAD-TEMPERED someone who is always complaining an old grouch2 [countable]COMPLAIN something unimportant that you complain aboutExamples from the Corpusgrouch• He is likely to be a grouch at first.• You're such a grouch in the morning.• Dad's such a grouch in the morning.• I am rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch.• Her dad's a terrible grouch.grouchgrouch2 verb [intransitive] informalCOMPLAINto complain in a slightly angry way SYN moangrouch about He’s always grouching about something!→ See Verb tableOrigin grouch1 (1800-1900) Probably from grutch “complaint” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old French grouchier “to complain” |
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