2012_03_19 Carp v. 鯉魚, 抱怨 complain querulously

Word of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2012
carp \kahrp\, verb:
1. To find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably.
noun:
1. A peevish complaint.
She'd been carping about money lately – or not carping, but she'd inserted a few pointed remarks about pulling your own weight into the prolonged and intent silences that were her specialty – so he thought she'd be pleased.
 -- Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
And knowing he could not touch her by persuasion, he carped at her and teased her like a schoolboy.
 -- Anton Chekhov, "Excellent People," Chekhov's Doctors: A Collection of Chekhov's Medical Tales
Carp comes from the Old Norse word karpa which meant "to brag or haggle."

鯉魚\ kahrp\，動詞：

1。來查找故障或抱怨抱怨地或不合理。

名詞：
1。一個乖戾投訴。

她被吹毛求疵最近關於金錢 - 或者不吹毛求疵，但她插入一些尖銳的言論 - 關於長期和意圖的沉默，是她的專業拉入自己的體重讓他以為她會很高興。
- 瑪格麗特·阿特伍德，羚羊與秧雞

知道他不能碰她的勸說，他傾訴對象，她嘲笑她像個小學生一樣。
- 契訶夫，“優秀的人，”契訶夫的醫生：契訶夫的醫療故事集“

鯉魚“。吹噓自己或討價還價”從古諾爾斯的字karpa這意味著

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