Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - grouse
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(grouses, grousing, groused) Note: The form 'grouse' is used as the plural for meaning 1. 1. A grouse is a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten. The party had been to the grouse moors that morning. N-COUNT: oft N n • Grouse is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. The menu included roast grouse. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you grouse, you complain. ‘How come we never know what’s going on?’ he groused... When they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor. VERB: V with quote, V about n, also V that, V 3. A grouse is a complaint. There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1531 any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds II. intransitive verb (~d; grousing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1887 complain, grumble • ~r noun III. noun Date: 1918 complaint ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. (pl. same) 1 any of various game-birds of the family Tetraonidae, with a plump body and feathered legs. 2 the flesh of a grouse used as food. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. uncert. 2. v. & n. colloq. --v.intr. grumble or complain pettily. --n. a complaint. Derivatives grouser n. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) шотландская куропатка, граус (Lagopus scoticus) 2) тетерев (Lyrurus); тетерев(-косач) (Lyrurus tetrix); pl тетеревиные (Tetraonidae) – black grouse – blue grouse – Caucasian grouse – dusky grouse – great grouse – hazel grouse – Pallas sand grouse – pin-tailed sand grouse – prairie grouse – red grouse – Richardson's grouse – ruffed grouse – sage grouse – sand grouse – sharp-tailed grouse – Siberian grouse – sooty grouse – spruce grouse – white grouse – wood grouse ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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куропатка Распространенным видом для Северной Америки является белохвостая куропатка - Lagopus leucurus (лат.); весит 430 - 610 г; обитает в Скалистых горах Rocky Mountains ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. зоол. граус, шотландский тетерев (Lagopus scoticus) grouse shooting —- охота на куропаток, тетеревов 2. редк. охотиться на куропаток, тетеревов 3. разг. ворчание, брюзжание he enjoys a good grouse —- он любит поворчать 4. обида; жалоба to have a grouse against smb. —- сердиться на кого-либо; таить обиду to have a good grouse —- иметь все основания жаловаться to have a good grouse —- высказать все, выложить все начистоту 5. ворчун, брюзга 6. (at, about) разг. ворчать, брюзжать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun pl. invar. шотландская куропатка (тж. red grouse) - black grouse - white grouse - great grouse - hazel grouse II coll. 1. noun ворчун 2. v. ворчать (about/at) Whats the old man grousing about now? We try to see that he has everything he needs. Syn: see complain ...Англо-русский словарь
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