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kvetch


  • 英式英标[kvɛtʃ]
  • 美式音标[kvetʃ]

n. (美)吹毛求疵的人

vi. (美)经常性地发牢骚;抱怨

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.