• kvetch

    英:[kvetʃ]  
    美: [kvɛtʃ] 

    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
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