grouse
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++grouse1 /ɡraʊs/ noun 1 
[countable, uncountable] (plural grouse)HBB a small bird that is hunted and shot for food and sport, or the flesh of this bird 松鸡；松鸡肉 the grouse shooting season 捕猎松鸡的季节 roast grouse 烤松鸡2 [countable] informalCOMPLAIN a complaint 怨言，牢骚 His main grouse is that he isn’t paid enough. 他主要的不满就是工资不够高。
[countable, uncountable] (plural grouse)HBB a small bird that is hunted and shot for food and sport, or the flesh of this bird 松鸡；松鸡肉 the grouse shooting season 捕猎松鸡的季节 roast grouse 烤松鸡2 [countable] informalCOMPLAIN a complaint 怨言，牢骚 His main grouse is that he isn’t paid enough. 他主要的不满就是工资不够高。Examples from the Corpus
grouse• Meanwhile, a grouse landed in an apple tree beside me, then flew down to the ground and walked away.• It is the same for sage grouse.• This recipe works well with any of the small birds-quail, squab, grouse.• Throughout the day the grouse drums in the woods, and the woodcock performs its exuberant ritual at dawn and dusk.• As we walked, grouse rose from the heather, calling out in alarm, .grouse2 verb [intransitive] informalCOMPLAIN to complain about something 抱怨，发牢骚 SYN moangrouse about I haven’t really got much to grouse about. 我其实没什么好抱怨的。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
grouse• "Everything tastes the same, " George groused.• So Brick, who had at first dismay, now had no room to grouse.• He nagged at Fritz, he groused about the dull food, he broke some plates against the wall.• There was some grousing about the way the game had gone but, for the most part, we were pretty good.• They do not have too much to grouse about, though: the family's income is about 1,600 yuan a month.• Stuyvesant, grousing, harassed the exiles and hampered their efforts to buy homes and cemetery plots.Origin grouse1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from Latin gruta, name of a type of bird hunted for food grouse2 (1800-1900) Perhaps from Old French grouchier; → GROUCH1grouse1 noungrouse2 verbChinese
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grouse
grouse1 /ɡraʊs/ 
noun
1. [uncountable and countable] (plural grouse) a small bird that is hunted and shot for food and sport, or the flesh of this bird:
the grouse shooting season
roast grouse
2. [countable] informal a complaint:
His main grouse is that he isn’t paid enough.
grouse2 verb [intransitive]informal to complain about something
SYN moan
grouse about
I haven’t really got much to grouse about.
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noun Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from Latin gruta, name of a type of bird hunted for food
Origin: Perhaps from Latin gruta, name of a type of bird hunted for food
1. [uncountable and countable] (plural grouse) a small bird that is hunted and shot for food and sport, or the flesh of this bird:
2. [countable] informal a complaint:
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verb [intransitive]informal to complain about something SYN moan
grouse about