Gripe

(noun.) informal terms for objecting; 'I have a gripe about the service here'.

(verb.) complain; 'What was he hollering about?'.

亚伦编辑

• Show me the monarch whose angry frown was ever feared like the glare of a madman's eye--whose cord and axe were ever half so sure as a madman's gripe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In each hand he seemed as if he would have liked to clutch one and gripe her to death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This morning the pang of waking snatched me out of bed like a hand with a giant's gripe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She felt no fear in speaking to him, though he hurt her arm with his gripe, and wild gleams came across the stupidity of his eyes. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He shook Mr. Thornton vehemently by the hand, until the gripe ended in a sudden relaxation, for the hand was wanted to wipe away tears. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He is jealous of the truncheon which he holds in his trembling gripe, and he knows thou stretchest thy bold hand towards it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Our mailed step shall ascend their throne--our gauntlet shall wrench the sceptre from their gripe. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• So, even while he was their griping taskmaster and never gave them a good word, he had written their names down in his will. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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