squabble

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vi. 争吵, 口角 n. 争吵, 口角

发音

UK /ˈskwɒbəl/
US /ˈskwɑːbəl/

词形变化

squabbles 复数 squabbles squabbled squabbles 三单 squabbling squabbling 现在分词 squabbled 过去式 squabbled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

争吵；口角

动词

弄乱（排好的铅字）

动词

发生口角；大声争吵

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A minor fight or argument.

    The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.

v.
  1. 1.

    To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.

    不及物

    The brothers were always squabbling with each other.

  2. 2.

    To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.

    及物 媒体 印刷

    to squabble type

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

fuss spat bickering tiff bicker pettifoggery

上位词 6

words row quarrel run-in wrangle dustup
动词

同义词 5

bicker quibble brabble niggle pettifog

上位词 4

argue fence debate contend

相关短语

bum squabble

词源

The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. Probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative. Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”).

来源：wiktionary