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
Collins.1 / BNC.18512 / COCA.17073
牛津词典
verb
- (为琐事)争吵,发生口角
to argue noisily about sth that is not very important- 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。
- My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.
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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time...
英英释义
noun
verb
双语例句
- Instead, its dozens of sovereign mini-states squabble and fight constantly.
组成瑞士的十几个拥有主权的州彼此之间争吵不断,斗争不休。 - The second most common regret involved family issues, with 16 percent of respondents expressing regret about a family squabble or having been unkind to a sibling as a child.
排在第二位的常见憾事则跟家人有关,16%的被访者对某段家庭纷争或小时候欺负了兄弟姐妹而表示后悔。 - Don't squabble over trifles.
不要为一点小事就吵起来。 - I've never seen you in a domestic squabble before.
我以前没见过你跟女人斗嘴。 - The bribery scandal sparked a squabble between radicals and moderates in the parliament.
贿赂丑闻在国会激进派和温和派之间引发了一场争吵。 - Bone Gnawers: Pathetic creatures, they squabble in the street and then expect to be welcomed into our mansions!
可怜的造物,他们在大街上争吵然后期望能在我们的官邸中受欢迎! - 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。 - Most churches are riven by tensions: it is not so long ago that the Roman Catholic Opus Dei glared at liberation theologists, and Moscow's Orthodox still squabble like mad with Constantinople's.
多数教堂因为无法承受压力而分裂开来:正当罗马天主教组织OpusDei怒视自由派神学家的时候,同样信奉东正教的莫斯科与君士坦丁堡之间却还在疯狂的争吵。 - But the two bears continued to squabble.
但这两位熊哥们继续争吵。 - 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。