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单词 grouch
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
grouch /graʊtʃ/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a complaining and continually unhappy person:an old grouch.

v. [no object]
  1. to complain irritably or unhappily:He grouched about his job.
grouch•i•ness, n. [uncountable]
grouch•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
grouch  (grouch),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to be sulky or morose;
    show discontent;
    complain, esp. in an irritable way.

n. 
  1. a sulky, complaining, or morose person.
  2. a sulky, irritable, or morose mood.
  • Old French groucher to grumble. See grudge
  • variant of obsolete grutch 1890–95, American.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged grumbler, spoilsport, crab, killjoy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
grouch /ɡraʊtʃ/ informal vb (intransitive)
  1. to complain; grumble
n
  1. a complaint, esp a persistent one
  2. a person who is always grumbling
Etymology: 20th Century: from obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier to complain; see grudge
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