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Gripe Discontent Cognates German Figurative Sense Graip V.抱怨

单词 gripe
音标 [graip]
解释 v.抱怨
红宝书 【英】 v.抱怨(to complain naggingly)
【考】 gripe : discontent / praise : admiration(因为不满而抱怨/因 为赞赏而赞扬)
字源 gripe (v.)
Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan, Old Norse gripa, Dutch grijpen, Gothic greipan, Old High German grifan, German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "gripping pain in the bowels" (c.1600; compare bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.
gripe (n.)
late 14c., from gripe (v.). Figurative sense by 1934.
不择手段背单词 v. 抱怨; 发牢骚 = grumble; 抓紧, 抓住 = grasp = seize
【记】gripe = grow ripe变得成熟-又老了一岁, 很多人会抱怨. Gripe源于grasp(n /v 抓住; 掌握), 所以gripping(adj 引起人注意的)
【类】gripe: discontent = praise: admiration抱怨表达不满 = 赞扬表达赞赏
趣味全助记 【记】源自grasp;抓人的,挠人心的,令人烦燥的,现在人们都紧抓着手里的东西不放,还发牢骚抱怨没抓到的东西;音:给,割 + ripe 熟,去吃烤肉,给割点熟的(肉),别老给半生不熟的

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