kvetch
英 [kvetʃ]
美[kvɛtʃ]
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词态变化
第三人称单数: kvetches;过去式: kvetched;过去分词: kvetched;现在分词: kvetching;
中文词源
kvetch 抱怨，牢骚
来自依地语kvetch,来自中古高地德语quetschen,粉碎。引申词义抱怨，牢骚。
英文词源
- kvetch (v.)
- "to complain, whine," 1953 (implied in kvetching), from Yiddish kvetshn, literally "squeeze, press," from German quetsche "crusher, presser." As a noun, from 1936 as a term of abuse for a person.
英英释意
- 1. (Yiddish) a constant complainer
- 2. (Yiddish) a nagging complaint