gribble

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially Limnoria lignorum, which cause damage to underwater wooden structures.
  2. A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips. Devon,UK,in-plural
    — The study also reveals that Wigan likely calls excess batter bits ‘Scraps’ or ‘Bits’, compared to the south west and east of the UK who are more likely to order ‘Gribbles’ or ‘Scrumps’.
形容词 adj.
  1. Tending to grumble; grumpy, irascible.
    — You're always gribble first thing in the morning.

词形变化

gribbles plural more gribble comparative most gribble superlative gribbles plural

词源

词源 1
Uncertain. Compare grub, from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”).
词源 2
Possibly related to grumble.
词源 3
Uncertain.
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