单词	niggle
释义	niggle1 verbniggle2 noun nigglenig‧gle1 /ˈnɪɡəl/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINniggle Origin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language Verb Table VERB TABLE niggle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they niggle he, she, it niggles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they niggled Present perfect I, you, we, they have niggled he, she, it has niggled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had niggled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will niggle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have niggled Continuous Form Present I am niggling he, she, it is niggling you, we, they are niggling Past I, he, she, it was niggling you, we, they were niggling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been niggling he, she, it has been niggling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been niggling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be niggling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been niggling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Doubts niggled at the back of her mind. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And the editor is the only area to niggle with, really. Clearly something other than the bass notes on the wireless niggled him. He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie. I was niggled during those first few months by the feeling of being a charlatan. She was niggled by a lingering doubt that she might have played her cards badly. So this was Guy Sterne's type of woman, an irritating little voice niggled the back of her mind. The empty feeling of the place niggled management. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► It niggles ... that  It niggles me that we can’t go home yet and get warm. 1[transitive] if something niggles you, you keep worrying about it or feeling annoyed about it and you cannot forget it → bug:  Something’s been niggling her all day. It niggles me that we can’t go home yet and get warm.2[intransitive] to argue or make criticisms about small unimportant details:  She niggled over every detail of the bill. niggle1 verbniggle2 noun niggleniggle2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Almost as if he believed his story ... And she herself started to feel another niggle of doubt. And that's my only other niggle, really. He'd meant to stay longer, but a wee niggle in his mind made him return early. It is an excellent book, as I took care to point out, except for my few niggles. My only niggle is that the seams on the top of the shoulder are quite prominent and uncomfortable. Numerous other niggles arose from our months together. Time may sort it out for me, but meanwhile I have to live with its niggle. 1a slight feeling:  a niggle of doubt2a slight criticism or complaint3a slight physical pain:  a niggle in his knee
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