squabble

英 [ˈskwɒbl]

美 [ˈskwɑːbl]

v.  (为琐事)争吵，发生口角
n.  争吵，口角

复数：squabbles　现在分词：squabbling　过去式：squabbled　第三人称单数：squabbles　过去分词：squabbled　

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牛津词典

verb

• （为琐事）争吵，发生口角
  to argue noisily about sth that is not very important
  1. My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.
     我的姐妹正为看哪个电视节目争吵。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP (为琐事)争吵，起争执
  When peoplesquabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important.
  1. Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time...
     母亲很爱父亲，尽管他们总是为琐事拌嘴。
  2. The children were squabbling over the remote-control gadget for the television...
     孩子们正在为抢夺电视机的遥控器而争吵。
  3. My four-year-old squabbles with his friends...
     我那个 4 岁大的孩子常和他的小伙伴们斗嘴。

英英释义

noun

• a quarrel about petty points
  Synonym:bickerbickeringspattiffpettifoggeryfuss

verb

• argue over petty things
  1. Let's not quibble over pennies
  Synonym:quibblenigglepettifogbickerbrabble

双语例句

• But these senators scheme and squabble and flatter and deceive.
  但那些议员们只会争吵算计阿谀奉承还有欺骗。
• While the transatlantic squabble over the main thrust of the G20 summit continued, the heads of international organisations bemoaned the slow progress on cleaning up bank balance sheets, something they see as a pre-requisite for any recovery.
  在美欧在G20峰会主要议题上继续争吵之际，国际组织的领导人对清理银行资产负债表的缓慢进程表示了遗憾，他们认为这种清理是任何复苏的前提。
• Why do some travelers squabble about overhead bin space? Or feud over an armrest?
  为什么有些旅客会为舱顶行李箱或扶手发生口角？
• This is a squabble for the soul of the little country where I grew up.
  在我成长于斯的小国荷兰，正上演着一场关于灵魂的论战。
• Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time
  母亲很爱父亲，尽管他们总是为琐事拌嘴。
• Besides, the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably.
  另外，每星期六都为了钱而发生的争吵已使她开始感到说不出的厌倦。
• Abandoning their sacred charge to safeguard the three Soulstones, the disparate Mage Clans began to squabble amongst each other over petty differences.
  他们放弃了守护三颗灵魂之石的神圣职责，不同的法师宗派开始为了细微的分歧而相互争吵。
• But while fundamental fans squabble over which measures to use, their whole ethos has come under attack.
  但是当基本面支持者就哪种测度可以使用时，对他们的回应完全都是攻击。
• Members of the management staff at the shopping center approached and asked them to leave, setting off a squabble that soon turned into a vigorous debate between the staff members and bystanders defending the artists.
  购物中心的管理人员走上前来，叫他们离开，引起了一场口角，并很快演变成了一场管理人员和支持这两位艺术家的旁观者之间的激辩。
• Vindictive little men and women squabble, with a different kind of relationship.
  小男女斗嘴斗气，有了一种别样的关系。