gripe
英 [gra?p]
美 [ɡra?p]
- n. 控制；發牢騷；腸絞痛
- vt. 絞痛；握緊；惹惱
- vi. 抱怨，發牢騷；腸絞痛
- n. (Gripe)人名；(瑞典)格里珀
助記提示
1. grope <===>gripe, grip.
2. 因為絞痛而非常痛苦、而深受折磨和苦惱，進而因此而抱怨。
3. gripe→grape(n. 葡萄)→吃不到葡萄就說葡萄酸→發牢騷
中文詞源
gripe 抱怨，牢騷詞源同grab, grapple. 比喻義麻煩纏身的，痛苦，抱怨，發牢騷。
英文詞源
- gripe (v.)
- c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan, Old Norse gripa, Dutch grijpen, Gothic greipan, Old High German grifan, German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "produce a gripping pain in the bowels" (c. 1600; compare bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.
- gripe (n.)
- late 14c., "a fast hold, clutch, grasp," from gripe (v.). From c. 1600 as "cramp, pain in the bowels" (earlier of pangs of grief, etc., 1540s). Figurative sense of "a complaint" is by 1934.
雙語例句
- 1. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
- 我對這家旅館唯一不滿的是伙食。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
- 我唯一不滿的就是連一道主菜和一份甜點都沒有。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. My main gripe is, there's no hot water there.
- 我主要不滿的是, 那兒沒有熱水.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.
- 他時常愛發上一通牢騷.
來自互聯網
- 5. Owners gripe that a government make - work scheme lures away their workers.
- 業主還抱怨說政府的就業幫扶方案引誘走了他們的員工.
來自互聯網