grouse

noun

/ɡraʊs/

[countable, uncountable]
(plural grouse)
a bird with a fat body and feathers on its legs, which people shoot for sport and food; the meat of this bird松鸡；松鸡肉
- grouse shooting猎捕松鸡
- grouse moors松鸡栖息区
- roast grouse烤松鸡肉
Topics Foodc2, Birdsc2
[countable] (informal) a complaint怨言；牢骚

词源noun sense 1 early 16th cent.: perhaps related to medieval Latin gruta or to Old French grue ‘crane’. noun sense 2 early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with grouch.

grouse

verb

/ɡraʊs/

[intransitive, transitive] (informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they grouse	/ɡraʊs/ /ɡraʊs/
he / she / it grouses	/ˈɡraʊsɪz/ /ˈɡraʊsɪz/
past simple groused	/ɡraʊst/ /ɡraʊst/
past participle groused	/ɡraʊst/ /ɡraʊst/
-ing form grousing	/ˈɡraʊsɪŋ/ /ˈɡraʊsɪŋ/

grouse (about somebody/something) | (+ speech) to complain about somebody/something in a way that other people find annoying抱怨；发牢骚 synonym grumbleTopics Personal qualitiesc2
词源verb early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with grouch.

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