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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