grouse

英 [ɡraʊs]

美 [ɡraʊs]

n.  松鸡; 松鸡肉; 怨言; 牢骚
v.  抱怨; 发牢骚

复数：grouses　现在分词：grousing　过去式：groused　第三人称单数：grouses　过去分词：groused　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.15408 / COCA.14640

牛津词典

noun

• 松鸡；松鸡肉
  a bird with a fat body and feathers on its legs, which people shoot for sport and food; the meat of this bird
  1. grouse shooting
     猎捕松鸡
  2. grouse moors
     松鸡栖息区
  3. roast grouse
     烤松鸡肉
• 怨言；牢骚
  a complaint

verb

• 抱怨；发牢骚
  to complain about sb/sth in a way that other people find annoying

柯林斯词典

The form grouse is used as the plural for meaning 1. grouse用作义项1的复数形式。


• N-COUNT 松鸡
  Agrouseis a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten.
  1. The party had been to the grouse moors that morning.
     这群人那天上午去了松鸡猎场。
  2. Grouseis the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
     松鸡肉
  3. The menu included roast grouse.
     菜单上有烤松鸡。
• VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
  If yougrouse, you complain.
  1. 'How come we never know what's going on?' he groused...
     “为什么我们对正在发生的事情总是一无所知？”他抱怨说。
  2. When they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor.
     他们总是非常幽默地表达对泊车规定的不满。
• N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
  Agrouseis a complaint.
  1. There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.
     人们对经济、利率和房价啧有烦言。

英英释义

noun

• popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
• flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae

verb

• complain
  1. What was he hollering about?
  Synonym:gripebitchcrabbeefsquawkbellyacheholler
• hunt grouse

双语例句

• The party had been to the grouse moors that morning.
  这群人那天上午去了松鸡猎场。
• He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse.
  他4点钟起了床，徒步出发去猎杀黑琴鸡。
• Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.
  雉；火鸡；松鸡；山鹑；鹌鹑；鸡；丛林火鸡；凤冠雉；麝雉。
• Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
  英国丘陵荒野的红褐色松鸡。
• Large black Old World grouse.
  东半球大型黑色松鸡。
• I'll make an accomplished grouse shooter of him yet.
  我要把他训练成一个能射松鸡的好猎手。
• There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.
  人们对经济、利率和房价啧有烦言。
• 'How come we never know what's going on?' he groused
  “为什么我们对正在发生的事情总是一无所知？”他抱怨说。
• They went grouse shooting at the weekend.
  他们周末去打松鸡。
• And men want flocks of grouse for their guns.
  而人类需要松鸡制枪。