gripe

• n. 制御する；泣き叫ぶ；疝痛を起こす
• vt.疝痛を起こす；握り潰す；いらいらさせる
• vi. 愚痴を言う；泣き言を言う；疝痛を起こす
• n. （グリップ）人の名前；（スウェーデンの）グリッパー

語源的にはgrab、grappleと同じ。面倒な、苦い、不平を言う、泣き言を言う人の比喩。

gripe (v.)

c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan, Old Norse gripa, Dutch grijpen, Gothic greipan, Old High German grifan, German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "produce a gripping pain in the bowels" (c. 1600; compare bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.

gripe (n.)

late 14c., "a fast hold, clutch, grasp," from gripe (v.). From c. 1600 as "cramp, pain in the bowels" (earlier of pangs of grief, etc., 1540s). Figurative sense of "a complaint" is by 1934.

1. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.

私がこのホテルに不満を持っているのは食事だけです。

2.My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.

私が唯一不満なのは、メイン料理とデザートが一つもないことです。

3.My main gripe is，there 's no hot water there.

私が主に不満なのは、そこにはお湯がないことです。

4.He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.

彼はよく愚痴をこぼす。

5.Owners gripe that a government make-work scheme lures away their workers.

オーナーは、政府の雇用支援策が従業員を誘惑したと愚痴をこぼしている。