nitpick

vi. 挑剔；吹毛求疵

发音

US /ˈnɪt.pɪk/
AU /ˈnɪt.pɪk/

词形变化

nitpicked nitpicks 三单 nitpicks nitpicking 现在分词 nitpicked 过去式 nitpicked 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

    找碴

    找岔子

    吹毛求疵

    吹求

    挑刺

    挑错

    挑剔

    蹊跷

    比喻

    Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.

  2. 2.

    To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.

    古体
  3. 3.

    To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.

    I nitpicked his hair.

    古体

词汇关系

动词

上位词 4

knock criticize criticise pick apart

词源

From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.

来源：wiktionary