gripe
US: /ˈɡɹaɪp/
UK: /ɡɹˈaɪp/
UK: /ɡɹˈaɪp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
gripe /graip/
- danh từ
- sự nắm chặt, sự cầm chặt, sự kẹp chặt
- ách kìm kẹp, nanh vuốt, sự áp bức
- in the gripe of the landlords: trong nanh vuốt của bọn địa chủ
- (số nhiều) chứng đau bụng quặn
- báng (súng); chuôi, cán (đồ dùng)
- (số nhiều) (hàng hải) dây cột thuyền
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) lời kêu ca, lời phàn nàn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun (informal) a complaint about sth: My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
+ verb [V] ~ (about sb/sth) (informal) to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way: He's always griping about the people at work.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 complain, moan, grumble, whimper, whine, bleat, nag, cavil, carp, grouse, Colloq beef, Brit whinge, Slang bitch, bellyache:
It's natural to gripe about the food in the army.
n.
2 complaint, grievance, objection, protest; complaining, moaning, grumbling, whimpering, whining, nagging, cavilling, carping, grousing, Colloq beef, Brit whinging Slang bitching, bellyaching:
I don't want to hear any more gripes about the food!
3 Usually, gripes. cramp, twinge, pang, pain, ache, colic, distress, Colloq bellyache:
The gripes became so painful that he was sure he had appendicitis.
Concise English dictionary
gripes|griped|gripinggraɪp
noun
+informal terms for objecting
verb
+complain
