quillet

n. 托辞,借口,搪塞

发音

UK /ˈkwɪlɪt/

词形变化

quillets 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A quibble, an evasive distinction.

  2. 1.

    A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.

词源

Uncertain. Possibly a shortening of earlier quillity, itself of uncertain origin, or from Latin quidlibet (“anything”).

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