1[countableC]BAD-TEMPERED someone who is always complaining 总是发牢骚的人
an old grouch
爱发牢骚的老头
2.[countableC]COMPLAIN something unimportant that you complain about 所抱怨的小事
Examples from the Corpus
grouch• He is likely to be a grouch at first.• You're such a grouch in the morning.• Dad's such a grouch in the morning.• I am rock's foremostpoet and ill-manneredgrouch.• Her dad's a terriblegrouch.
grouch2 verb [intransitiveI] informal
COMPLAINto complain in a slightly angry way 发牢骚,抱怨SYN moan
grouch about
He’s always grouching about something!
他总是发牢骚!
Origingrouch1
(1800-1900) Probably from grutch“complaint”((14-19 centuries)), from Old Frenchgrouchier“to complain”