batrachomyomachy

发音

US /ˌbæ.tɹə.koʊ.maɪˈɑ.mə.ki/

词形变化

batrachomyomachies 复数 batrachomyomachies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A petty quarrel.

词源

From Batrachomyomachia (Ancient Greek βάτραχος, frog, μῦς, mouse, and μάχη, battle), a comic epic parodying the Iliad in which a diving frog accidentally drowns a mouse riding on his back, prompting a war between the species.

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