grouse 英 [ɡraʊs] 美 [ɡraʊs]
SAT GRE
外刊例句
A third group is the regulators themselves, who often privately grouse about being bewildered by their own remit and distrust other regulators with overlapping briefs.
第三类需要这种服务的群体便是监管者自身,他们经常私下抱怨被自己的工作搞晕了,也不信任工作内容近似的其他监管者。
——《经济学人》
During the 1990s and 2000s, such estates and their accompanying sports of red deer stalking, grouse shooting and salmon fishing attracted international buyers, notably from England and Scandinavia.
20世纪90年代至21世纪初,这些房产及与之相伴的运动——猎马鹿、打松鸡、钓鲑鱼——吸引了国际购房者,尤其是来自英格兰和斯堪的纳维亚的买家。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] complain about something trivial; grumble
[动词] 抱怨琐事;发牢骚
I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.
我是一个非常幸运的女孩,能以演戏为生!那么,为什么要闲坐在那里抱怨和牢骚一些不存在的东西呢。