bicker

英 [ˈbɪkə(r)]

美 [ˈbɪkər]

v.  (为小事)斗嘴，争吵
n.  争吵; 小的口角; （水的）潺潺声

现在分词：bickering　第三人称单数：bickers　过去式：bickered　过去分词：bickered　

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牛津词典

verb

• （为小事）斗嘴，争吵
  to argue about things that are not important
  1. The children are always bickering about something or other.
     孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 斗嘴；争吵；发生口角
  When peoplebicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
  1. I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets...
     我行医是为了治病救人，而不是浪费时间为预算问题争论不休。
  2. The two women bickered constantly.
     这两个女人经常发生口角。
  3. ...as states bicker over territory...
     当国家为领土问题而争吵时
  4. He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.
     他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。

英英释义

noun

• a quarrel about petty points
  Synonym:bickeringspattiffsquabblepettifoggeryfuss

verb

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

双语例句

• The food chilled on their plates and there seemed nothing to talk about except an endless friendly bicker about food.
  菜盛在盘子里逐渐冷了下来，除了说来说去只是好心劝对方努力加餐之类的话以外，他们好像找不到别的话好说了。
• One day, they bicker for one small thing, and no one who is reasonable, and like two strangers.
  有一天，他们为了一件小小的事情吵嘴了，谁也不理谁了，像两个陌路人。
• Chief executives bicker publicly on social media, and companies run smear campaigns against each other, reaching levels of public antagonism less common outside of China.
  首席执行长们在社交媒体上公开唇枪舌战，企业相互进行恶意营销，而这种公开对抗的状况在中国以外地区实属罕见。
• But, after a humiliating election rout, as factions within the party bicker over its causes and as recriminations break out, Labour's crown will seem a shabby one to inherit.
  但是，在遭受屈辱性的竞选失败后，当党内小派系间为他们的事业争斗，歧视的事件发生，工党的桂冠将看起来如此卑劣而不堪继承。
• Although we fight, we bicker, delight or even anger, you are my best friend forever.
  吵架也好，斗嘴也好，开心也好，出气也好，你永远是我最好的死党。
• He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.
  他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。
• Be mindful and don't snap, bicker or be mean to others.
  要注意不要谩骂，争吵或对人刻薄。
• Golly, I hate to bicker about positions, sweetheart.
  天哪，我可不喜欢为用什么姿势争吵，甜心。
• A little girl, she and her mother, who bicker out money at that time who did not.
  有一个小女孩，她因事和妈妈拌嘴外出，当时身上也没有带钱。
• Kitty: stop it, you guys! We're here to admire the view, not to bicker!
  高贵：好了，我们是来欣赏风景的，不是来斗嘴的！