brabble

n. 吵嘴, 争论 vi. 争论

发音

/ˈbɹæbəl/

词形变化

brabbles 复数 brabbles brabbled brabbles 三单 brabbling brabbling 现在分词 brabbled 过去式 brabbled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brawl, or commotion.

    过时
v.
  1. 1.

    To make clamorous noises; to act noisily.

    过时

    1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 141, Brabbling curs never want sore ears.

    1883, Edward Maunde Thompson, Preface to Diary of Richard Cocks, cape-merchant in the English factory in Japan, 1615-1622, London: Hakluyt Society, p. xxxvi, And it was not only with the English that the Dutch sailors quarrelled. They were drunken and riotous and “brabbled” in the streets, till at last the long-suffering Japanese lost patience and seizing two of them summarily cut off their heads.

  2. 2.

    To babble (of a stream or other watercourse).

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

squabble bicker quibble niggle pettifog

上位词 4

argue fence debate contend

词源

From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”).

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