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名词:squabbler 动词过去式:squabbled 过去分词:squabbled 现在分词:squabbling 第三人称单数:squabbles

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squabble


/'skwɒbl; `skwɑbl/
v [I, Ipr] ~ (with sb) (about/over sth) quarrel noisily (as children do), esp over unimportant matters 大声争吵(尤指为琐事, 如儿童间的)
*birds squabbling over bits of bread 为争一些小面包屑叽叽喳喳叫的鸟
* Tom keeps squabbling with his sister about who is going to use the bicycle. 汤姆跟妹妹都争着要骑那辆自行车.

n noisy quarrel about sth unimportant 无谓的大声争吵.

squabble


v [I]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
to argue about something unimportant
= quarrelsquabble over/about
 They're always squabbling over money.
squabble with
 He's squabbling with the referee.
>squabblen[C]
 a petty squabble
 bitter squabbles between employers and unions