informal <非正式>
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- a grumpy person坏脾气的人。
1.1
- a fit of sulking发火, 脾气的发作：
the parish priest was in such a grump about the contributions to a new altar.
堂区牧师对给新圣坛捐献的情况十分恼火。
no obj.
- act in a sulky, grumbling manner发脾气; 发牢骚：
he grumped at me when I moved the papers.
因为我移动了文件, 他冲我发脾气。
派生词
grumpish
adjectivegrumpishly
adverb词源
early 18th cent.: imitating inarticulate sounds expressing displeasure.