| 词汇 | bellyache |
| 词源 | bellyache. Bellyache had earlier meant “colic” in England, but in the sense of “to complain” it is an Americanism coined about midway through the 19th century and first recorded in 1881. As with so many coined words, no one knows its clever inven- tor’s name. |
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