grouse
grouse 英 [graʊs] 美 [ɡraʊs]
n. 松鸡；雷鸟科的猎鸟；怨言 vi. 埋怨
进行时:grousing 过去式:groused 过去分词:groused 第三人称单数:grouses 名词复数:grouses
- A grouse is a small game bird. But the verb to grouse is different. It means to gripe about how unhappy you are. It's not recommended for most people, because grousing is unattractive.
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- n. 松鸡；雷鸟科的猎鸟；怨言
- vi. 埋怨
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1. “From toucans to parrots to grouse to penguins, species that deal with colder temperatures have smaller bills,” says Symonds.
西蒙兹说，“从巨嘴鸟到鹦鹉到松鸡到企鹅，生活在较低温度的鸟类会拥有更小的喙”。
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2. Emily might not care for the wind turbine in the distance, and when I walked there last month there were men shooting grouse, which as a lover of birds and animals she might not have cared for either.
似乎艾米莉并不讨厌远郊这片高地的呼啸狂风。 上个月时我来到过这里，看到有人在猎松鸡，虽然她喜欢鸟和动物，看来她也不会太在意。
- grouse (n.) type of game bird, 1530s, grows (plural, used collectively), of unknown origin, possibly from Latin or Welsh. Originally the moorhen of the British Isles; later the name was extended to similar birds in other places.
- grouse (v.) "complain," 1885 (implied in agent noun grouser), British Army slang, of uncertain origin. OED notes "a curious resemblance" to Normandy French dialectal groucer, from Old French groucier, grocier "to murmur, grumble, complain," which is of imitative origin (compare Greek gru "a grunt," gruzein "to grumble;" also see grutch). Related: Groused; grousing. As a noun from 1918, from the verb.
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