grouse 英 [ɡraʊs] 美 [ɡraʊs]
SAT GRE
基本释义
[verb] complain about something trivial; grumble
[动词] 抱怨琐事；发牢骚
名人用例
I’m a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what’s not there.
我是一个非常幸运的女孩，能以演戏为生！那么，为什么要闲坐在那里抱怨和牢骚一些不存在的东西呢。
出自美国女演员梅丽莎·里奥（Melissa Leo，1960年9月14日－）。2011年，里奥以《斗士》（The Fighter）一片获得金球奖最佳女配角奖和奥斯卡最佳女配角奖。
深入解读
Grouse 一词最早出现于 16世纪30年代，作名词表示“一种猎鸟（game bird）”，对应今义“松鸡”或“松鸡肉”，比如：
- 这些松鸡肉烹制之前要先彻底解冻。
Allow the grouse to thaw completely before cooking it.
不过 grouse 同小站之前推过的 staunch, steep, cue, trump, secrete, retort 等一样，也是个同形异义词。其更为常用的含义是作动词表示“抱怨、发牢骚”，多见于口语或非正式表达，强调以一种令其他人感到厌烦的方式抱怨别人或者琐事，常用搭配为 grouse about sb/sth ，比如：
- 她老是抱怨那个贱妇是如何不把她放在眼里的。
She’s always grousing about how she’s been treated by the tramp like dirt.
另外， grouse 也可以作名词表示“牢骚、不满的缘由”或“发牢骚的人”，比如：
- 他主要的牢骚是嫌工资太少。
His main grouse is over the inadequacy of the wage.
外刊例句
- A third group is the regulators themselves, who often privately grouse about being bewildered by their own remit and distrust other regulators with overlapping briefs.
第三类需要这种服务的群体便是监管者自身，他们经常私下抱怨被自己的工作搞晕了，也不信任工作内容近似的其他监管者。
——《经济学人》 - During the 1990s and 2000s, such estates and their accompanying sports of red deer stalking, grouse shooting and salmon fishing attracted international buyers, notably from England and Scandinavia.
20世纪90年代至21世纪初，这些房产及与之相伴的运动——猎马鹿、打松鸡、钓鲑鱼——吸引了国际购房者，尤其是来自英格兰和斯堪的纳维亚的买家。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“grouse” 通常用来指抱怨、发牢骚或诉苦。以下是与这个词相关的 50 个短语，附带中文解释：
- Have a grouse about something – 抱怨某事
- Constantly grouse – 不断发牢骚
- grouse about the weather – 抱怨天气
- grouse about work – 抱怨工作
- grouse about traffic – 抱怨交通
- grouse about the service – 抱怨服务
- grouse about a situation – 抱怨情况
- grouse about the government – 抱怨政府
- grouse about prices – 抱怨价格
- grouse about life – 抱怨生活
- Have a grouse about something – 抱怨某事
- Constantly grouse – 不断发牢骚
- grouse about the weather – 抱怨天气
- grouse about work – 抱怨工作
- grouse about traffic – 抱怨交通
- grouse about the service – 抱怨服务
- grouse about a situation – 抱怨情况
- grouse about the government – 抱怨政府
- grouse about prices – 抱怨价格
- grouse about life – 抱怨生活
- Have a grouse about something – 抱怨某事
- Constantly grouse – 不断发牢骚
- grouse about the weather – 抱怨天气
- grouse about work – 抱怨工作
- grouse about traffic – 抱怨交通
- grouse about the service – 抱怨服务
- grouse about a situation – 抱怨情况
- grouse about the government – 抱怨政府
- grouse about prices – 抱怨价格
- grouse about life – 抱怨生活
- Have a grouse about something – 抱怨某事
- Constantly grouse – 不断发牢骚
- grouse about the weather – 抱怨天气
- grouse about work – 抱怨工作
- grouse about traffic – 抱怨交通
- grouse about the service – 抱怨服务
- grouse about a situation – 抱怨情况
- grouse about the government – 抱怨政府
- grouse about prices – 抱怨价格
- grouse about life – 抱怨生活
- Have a grouse about something – 抱怨某事
- Constantly grouse – 不断发牢骚
- grouse about the weather – 抱怨天气
- grouse about work – 抱怨工作
- grouse about traffic – 抱怨交通
- grouse about the service – 抱怨服务
- grouse about a situation – 抱怨情况
- grouse about the government – 抱怨政府
- grouse about prices – 抱怨价格
- grouse about life – 抱怨生活
同近义词
carp: complain or find fault continually about trivial matters
grumble: complain about something in a bad-tempered way
whine: give or make a long, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
