grump
英 [grʌmp]
美 [ɡrʌmp]
- n. 一阵坏脾气；发火；闹情绪
- vi. 发牢骚；闹情绪
grump 脾气坏的人拟声词，模仿抱怨的声音，引申义爱抱怨的人，脾气坏的人。
- grump (n.)
- "ill-humor," 1727, in humps and grumps "surly remarks," later the grumps "a fit of ill-humor" (1844), then "a person in ill humor" (1900); perhaps an extended sense of grum "morose, surly," which probably is related to Danish grum "cruel;" or perhaps suggested by grumble, grunt, etc.
