squabble
英语
编辑词源
编辑起于17世纪初,可能源自北日耳曼语支,与瑞典语方言词 skvabbel (“争吵,流言”)、skvappa (“批评,训斥”)、挪威语方言词 skvabba (“闲扯”)、德语方言词 schwabbeln (“唠叨”)有关。
发音
编辑名词
编辑squabble (复数 squabbles)
- 口角,争吵
- The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.
- 孩子们为谁坐在车前面吵了起来。
衍生词
编辑动词
编辑squabble (第三人称单数简单现在时 squabbles,现在分词 squabbling,一般过去时及过去分词 squabbled)
- (不及物) 发生口角,争吵
- The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
- 这对兄弟总是互相吵架。
- 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) 打乱排版
- to squabble type