英语词汇“gripe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

gripegripe1 /graɪp/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYgripe¹

Origin: Old English gripan to seize

VERB TABLE

gripe

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gripe
	he, she, it	gripes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	griped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have griped
	he, she, it	has griped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had griped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gripe
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have griped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am griping
	he, she, it	is griping
	you, we, they	are griping
Past	I, he, she, it	was griping
	you, we, they	were griping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been griping
	he, she, it	has been griping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been griping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be griping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been griping

to complain about something continuously and in an annoying way: gripe about What are you griping about now?

verb | noun

gripegripe2 noun informal [countable] 1something unimportant that you complain about: Students’ main gripe is the poor quality of the dorm food.2the gripes old-fashioned sudden bad stomach pains