kvetch
英[kvetʃ]
美[kvɛtʃ]
- n. （美）吹毛求疵的人
- vi. （美）经常性地发牢骚；抱怨
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;
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。
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.