kvetch 基本解释
- n. (美)吹毛求疵的人
- vi. (美)经常性地发牢骚;抱怨
kvetch 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;
kvetch 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。
kvetch 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.
kvetch 英文释义
- 1. (Yiddish) a constant complainer
- 2. (Yiddish) a nagging complaint