grouse
noun[C]
uk/ɡraʊs/us/ɡraʊs/grousenoun[C](BIRD)
pluralgrouse
asmallfatbird,shotforsportandfood
松鸡
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Ducks, geese & game birds
- capercaillie
- drake
- duck
- duckling
- ducky
- game
- gander
- geese
- goose
- gosling
- guinea fowl
- guinea hen
- mallard
- non-game
- partridge
- pheasant
- quail
- turkey
- wildfowl
- woodcock
grousenoun[C](COMPLAINT)
informalpluralgrouses
anangrycomplaint
怨言，牢骚Complaining
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- bellyaching
- bewail
- brouhaha
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
- complain
- complaining
- create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
- gnashing of teethidiom
- grouch
- lodge
- mutter
- nark
- raise a rumpusidiom
- rumpus
- squawk
- start on atsomeone
- vituperation
- whinging
- whiny
grouse
verb[I]
informaluk/ɡraʊs/us/ɡraʊs/tocomplainangrily:
抱怨，发牢骚She's always grousingabouthow she's beentreatedby themanagement.她老是抱怨管理层待她如何不公。
Synonyms
beefinformal
bellyacheinformal
complain
moan(COMPLAIN)informaldisapproving
Complaining
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- bellyaching
- bewail
- brouhaha
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
- complain
- complaining
- create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
- gnashing of teethidiom
- grouch
- lodge
- mutter
- nark
- raise a rumpusidiom
- rumpus
- squawk
- start on atsomeone
- vituperation
- whinging
- whiny
grouse
adjective
Australian Englishinformaluk/ɡraʊs/us/ɡraʊs/good orexcellent:
Where do Istarttotellyou all the grouse things we did?
Thanks, Nelly - you're a grousesheila!
Good and excellent things
- badass
- be the best thing since sliced breadidiom
- beatification
- beaut
- beauty
- blinder
- flagship
- high-end
- hot shit
- humdinger
- jewel
- jim-dandy
- peach
- primo
- pull factor
- queen
- showstopper
- the jewel in the crownidiom
- the real deal
- the Rolls-Royce ofsomethingidiom