gripe

n. 控制；发牢骚；肠绞痛

vt. 绞痛；握紧；惹恼

vi. 抱怨，发牢骚；肠绞痛

n. (Gripe)人名；(瑞典)格里珀

中文词源

gripe 抱怨，牢骚

词源同grab, grapple. 比喻义麻烦缠身的，痛苦，抱怨，发牢骚。

gripe (v.): c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from 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 "produce a gripping pain in the bowels" (c. 1600; compare bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.
gripe (n.): late 14c., "a fast hold, clutch, grasp," from gripe (v.). From c. 1600 as "cramp, pain in the bowels" (earlier of pangs of grief, etc., 1540s). Figurative sense of "a complaint" is by 1934.

1. grope <===>gripe, grip.2. 因为绞痛而非常痛苦、而深受折磨和苦恼，进而因此而抱怨。3. gripe→grape(n. 葡萄)→吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸→发牢骚

2. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.: 我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。

5. Owners gripe that a government make - work scheme lures away their workers.: 业主还抱怨说政府的就业帮扶方案引诱走了他们的员工.