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- a habitually grumpy person坏脾气的人, 性情暴躁的人：
rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch.
最重要的摇滚诗人, 也是一个行为粗鲁、脾气暴躁的人。
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- a complaint or grumble抱怨, 牢骚：
my only real grouch was that the children's chorus was far less easy on the ear.
我惟一真正的不满是孩子们的合唱部分远远没有那么动听。
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- a fit of grumbling or sulking脾气的发作; 生气：
he's in a thundering grouch.
他正大发雷霆。
no obj.
- voice one's discontent in an ill-tempered manner; grumble发脾气; 发牢骚：
there's not a lot to grouch about.
没有太多可抱怨的。
词源
late 19th cent.: variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French grouchier 'to grumble， murmur'， of unknown origin. Compare with GRUDGE.