grouch
v[I, Ipr]
~ (about sth) (derog 贬) complain 发牢骚; 抱怨
Stop grouching about everything! 别再事事都抱怨了! grouch, n
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(a) [sing] ~ (about sth) (derog 贬) fit of bad-tempered complaining 大发牢骚
He´s always having a grouch about something. 他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个.
(b) [C] ~ (against sth/sb) complaint 牢骚; 抱怨
One of my main grouches against the council is that they don´t run enough buses. 我对市议会不满, 主要是投入营运的公共汽车不够用.
2 [C] (derog 贬) sulky discontented person 爱发牢骚的人
You´re nothing but an old grouch! 你就是个爱发牢骚的老家伙!