kvetch
英 [kvet?]
美[kv?t?]
- n. （美）吹毛求疵的人
- vi. （美）經常性地發牢騷；抱怨
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?kvetches;過去式:?kvetched;過去分詞:?kvetched;現在分詞:?kvetching;
中文詞源
kvetch 抱怨，牢騷
來自依地語kvetch,來自中古高地德語quetschen,粉碎。引申詞義抱怨，牢騷。
英文詞源
- 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.