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
- But these senators scheme and squabble and flatter and deceive.
但那些议员们只会争吵算计阿谀奉承还有欺骗。 - Why do some travelers squabble about overhead bin space? Or feud over an armrest?
为什么有些旅客会为舱顶行李箱或扶手发生口角？ - 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。 - Don't interfere in their squabble& let them fight it out among themselves.
不要干预他们的争吵&让他们争个水落石出。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Me and the wife are just having a little squabble.
我和我妻子小吵架而已。 - Babbitt did not often squabble with his employees.
巴比特不常和雇员争吵。