squabble

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詞源[编辑]

起於17世紀初,可能源自北日耳曼語支,與瑞典語方言詞 skvabbel (爭吵,流言)skvappa (批評,訓斥)挪威語方言詞 skvabba (閒扯)德語方言詞 schwabbeln (嘮叨)有關。

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名詞[编辑]

squabble (複數 squabbles)

  1. 口角爭吵
    The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.
    孩子們為誰坐在車前面了起來。

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動詞[编辑]

squabble (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 squabbles,現在分詞 squabbling,一般過去時及過去分詞 squabbled)

  1. (不及物) 發生口角爭吵
    The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
    這對兄弟總是互相吵架
    • I. Watts
      The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
  2. (及物印刷) 打亂排版
    to squabble type

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