squabble
英 ['skwɒb(ə)l] 美 ['skwɑbl]
- vi. 发生口角；大声争吵
- vt. 弄乱（排好的铅字）
- n. 争吵；口角
词态变化
第三人称单数: squabbles;过去式: squabbled;过去分词: squabbled;现在分词: squabbling;
助记提示
1. 谐音“死聒吧、死聒驳、死磕吧、死磕驳”-------两个傻逼在那里使劲儿地聒噪、争吵。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Don't squabble over trifles.
- 不要为一点小事就吵起来.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Babbitt did not often squabble with his employees.
- 巴比特不常和雇员争吵.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Then there was a squabble on the landing.
- 不一会,楼梯口上传来一阵吵闹声.
来自辞典例句
- 5. I hate to squabble with my wife about money.
- 我厌恶为钱的事兴太太争吵.
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