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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Examples from the Corpusgrouch• 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 complaining who Corpus someone is always |