grouch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++grouch1 /ɡraʊtʃ/ noun informal 1 [countable]BAD-TEMPERED someone who is always complaining 总是发牢骚的人 an old grouch 爱发牢骚的老头2. [countable]COMPLAIN something unimportant that you complain about 所抱怨的小事
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grouch• 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.grouch2 verb [intransitive] informal COMPLAINto complain in a slightly angry way 发牢骚，抱怨 SYN moangrouch about He’s always grouching about something! 他总是发牢骚！→ See Verb tableOrigin grouch1 (1800-1900) Probably from grutch “complaint” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old French grouchier “to complain”grouch1 noungrouch2 verbChinese
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grouch
grouch1 /ɡraʊtʃ/ 
noun informal
an old grouch
2. [countable] something unimportant that you complain about
grouch2 verb [intransitive] informal
to complain in a slightly angry way
SYN moan
grouch about
He’s always grouching about something!
| I |
noun informal Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Probably from grutch 'complaint' (14-19 centuries), from Old French grouchier 'to complain'
1. [countable] someone who is always complaining:Origin: Probably from grutch 'complaint' (14-19 centuries), from Old French grouchier 'to complain'
2. [countable] something unimportant that you complain about
| II |
verb [intransitive] informalto complain in a slightly angry way
SYN moan
grouch about