squabble
英語
编辑詞源
编辑起於17世紀初,可能源自北日耳曼語支,與瑞典語方言詞 skvabbel (“爭吵,流言”)、skvappa (“批評,訓斥”)、挪威語方言詞 skvabba (“閒扯”)、德語方言詞 schwabbeln (“嘮叨”)有關。
發音
编辑名詞
编辑squabble (複數 squabbles)
- 口角,爭吵
- The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.
- 孩子們為誰坐在車前面吵了起來。
衍生詞
编辑動詞
编辑squabble (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 squabbles,現在分詞 squabbling,一般過去時及過去分詞 squabbled)
- (不及物) 發生口角,爭吵
- The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
- 這對兄弟總是互相吵架。
- I. Watts
- The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
- (及物,印刷) 打亂排版
- to squabble type