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    A wild bird often hunted for sport, especially in the hills of Britain (grouse shooting is a well-known autumn tradition there). Completely separately, as an informal verb, to grouse means to complain in a , ongoing way about something (stop grousing about the weather and just bring an umbrella).

    (名詞)松雞;(動詞,口語)抱怨、發牢騷

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

grousenoun詞源 1/ɡɹaʊs/

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    Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.

    • Among fowls for the table [of King Henry VIII] are crocards, winders, runners, grows, and peions, but neither Turky or Guiney-fowl.
    • Looke to 't, young growſe: Ile lay it on, and ſure; / Take 't off who's wull.
  • 2

    The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

grouseverb詞源 1/ɡɹaʊs/

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    To hunt or shoot grouse.

grouseverb詞源 2/ɡɹaʊs/

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    informalTo complain or grumble.

    • If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier.
    • Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion."

grousenoun詞源 2/ɡɹaʊs/

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    informalA cause for complaint; a grumble.

grouseadj詞源 3/ɡɹaʊs/

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    slangExcellent.

    • I had a grouse day.
    • That food was grouse.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。