kvetch

畅通词汇

英 [kvetʃ] 美[kvɛtʃ]

释义

n. （美）吹毛求疵的人

vi. （美）经常性地发牢骚；抱怨

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.

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