故事裡的那個角色
這一族就是畫面本身，其他用法都從這裡借出去。
noun · C1
The Grinch is the main character in the Dr Seuss children's story How the Grinch Stole Christmas: an unkind green creature who nearly spoils Christmas for everyone.
故事裡的綠色怪角
核心畫面
One green creature on his mountain, looking down at a town full of lights and singing, and wanting all of it to stop. He is not just unhappy himself; he reaches out and switches other people's happiness off. Every later use of the word can be read off that one picture — the sour face at the edge of the party, the neighbour pulling the lights down early, and the act of doing it.
可以想成一個綠色的怪角站在山上，低頭看著一座燈火通明、大家在唱歌的小鎮，然後只想把那一切關掉。重點不只是他自己不開心…更多收起
可以想成一個綠色的怪角站在山上，低頭看著一座燈火通明、大家在唱歌的小鎮，然後只想把那一切關掉。重點不只是他自己不開心。是他伸手去把別人的開心收走。後來的每一個用法，都可以從這個畫面看出來：派對邊上那張臭臉、提早把聖誕燈拆掉的鄰居，還有「做出這種事」本身。From the word’s history
The name first appears in 1953 for an invented bird, becomes attached to the character in a 1955 poem, and is fixed by How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 1957; it is likely a reshaping of grouch.
這個名字最早在 1953 年出現，是一隻虛構鳥的名字；1955 年的一首詩讓它跟這個角色連上；1957 年的 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 把它定下來。來源也提到它很可能是從 grouch（愛抱怨的人）變來的，這正好對上它今天的意思。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:599004317)
Two branches
拿來說真實的人
把角色的那張臉借來貼在身邊的人身上：他不只是心情差，他還讓現場的氣氛冷掉。
noun · C1
A person who is often bad-tempered and takes the fun out of something for everyone else, usually by complaining about it or by refusing to join in.
掃興的人