squabble
英 ['skw?b(?)l]
美['skwɑbl]
- vi. 發(fā)生口角；大聲爭吵
- vt. 弄亂（排好的鉛字）
- n. 爭吵；口角
TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?squabbles;過去式:?squabbled;過去分詞:?squabbled;現在分詞:?squabbling;
助記提示
1. 諧音“死聒吧、死聒駁、死磕吧、死磕駁”-------兩個傻逼在那里使勁兒地聒噪、爭吵。
英文詞源
- squabble (n.)
- c. 1600, probably from a Scandinavian source and of imitative origin (compare dialectal Swedish skvabbel "a quarrel, a dispute," dialectal German schwabbeln "to babble, prattle"). The verb also is from c. 1600. Related: Squabbled; squabbling.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't squabble over trifles.
- 不要為一點小事就吵起來.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
- 母親很愛父親，盡管他們總是為瑣事拌嘴。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Babbitt did not often squabble with his employees.
- 巴比特不常和雇員爭吵.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Then there was a squabble on the landing.
- 不一會,樓梯口上傳來一陣吵鬧聲.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I hate to squabble with my wife about money.
- 我厭惡為錢的事興太太爭吵.
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