词汇 | kvetch |
释义 | kvetch verb[ I ] USinformaluk /kvetʃ/ us /kvetʃ/ to complain: 抱怨;大惊小怪 He was kvetching about the price.他正在抱怨价格。 to say something is not right or satisfactory complainI hate to complain, but the film was terrible. grumbleShe's always grumbling about something. whineI hope you don't think I'm just whining. kvetchStop kvetching about it! make a fussIf the food doesn't come soon, I'm going to make a fuss. file a complaintI've filed a complaint with the police about the noise. Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour complain make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon representation squawk start on at someone unreported vituperation vituperatively whiner Examples of kvetchkvetch We ourselves have experienced the agony of taking our brothers/guy friends/boyfriends shopping, shuffling them around the mall like despondent children as they kvetch and eye the exit. From Huffington Post Most of us kvetch about not being able to make it to the gym at all, let alone develop lesson plans and pick a soundtrack for hour-long workouts. From Washington Post 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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