kvetch

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

畅通词汇

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.