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grouse

noun
🔊/ɡraʊs/
🔊/ɡraʊs/
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  1. [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
  2. [countable] (informal) a complaint怨言；牢骚
    3. Word Originnoun 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
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 [intransitive, transitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they grouse
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he / she / it grouses
🔊/ˈɡraʊsɪz/
🔊/ˈɡraʊsɪz/
past simple groused
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past participle groused
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-ing form grousing
🔊/ˈɡraʊsɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡraʊsɪŋ/
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  1. 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
    Word Originverb early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with grouch.