| 词汇 | grousing |
| 释义 | grousing present participle ofgrouse grouse verb[ I ] informaluk /ɡraʊs/ us /ɡraʊs/ to complain angrily: 谴责;抱怨 grouse aboutShe's always grousing about how she's been treated by the management.她老是抱怨管理层待她如何不公。 Synonyms beefinformal bellyacheinformal complain moan(COMPLAIN)informaldisapproving Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner Examples of grousinggrousing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They lead to more grousing and trouble than anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are still grousing about it after 250 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not in the habit of grousing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If people who are short will only make it known, instead of grumbling and grousing, their requirements will be met. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should go into their constituencies and give a lead to their people instead of grousing here and looking for trouble when they get back to their constituencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was just that the money had to be raised, and there was no grousing on the part of the manufacturing interests as to what they would have to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he can do something for them now, he will save those same people from going about the country grousing about their postwar credits in this new era of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course there is bound to be grousing, and there is bound to be complaint wherever the dividing line falls between a large and a small establishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city council in my area is delighted with its standard spending assessment, although, of course, the county council is not pleased and is grousing fit to burst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everybody is grousing about high rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too much has been left to this gallant little country which has fought the battles of civilisation for three or four centuries without any grousing or complaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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