- 1(名詞)松雞；(動詞,口語)抱怨、發牢騷
A wild bird often hunted for sport, especially in the hills of Britain (grouse shooting is a well-known autumn tradition there). Completely separately, as an informal verb, to grouse means to complain in a , ongoing way about something (stop grousing about the weather and just bring an umbrella).
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
grousenoun詞源 1/ɡɹaʊs/
- 1
Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
- Among fowls for the table [of King Henry VIII] are crocards, winders, runners, grows, and peions, but neither Turky or Guiney-fowl.
- Looke to 't, young growſe: Ile lay it on, and ſure; / Take 't off who's wull.
- 2
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
grouseverb詞源 1/ɡɹaʊs/
- 1
To hunt or shoot grouse.
grouseverb詞源 2/ɡɹaʊs/
- 1
informalTo complain or grumble.
- If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier.
- Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion."
grousenoun詞源 2/ɡɹaʊs/
- 1
informalA cause for complaint; a grumble.
grouseadj詞源 3/ɡɹaʊs/
- 1
slangExcellent.
- I had a grouse day.
- That food was grouse.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。