单词 | quarrel |
释义 | quarrel (once / 141 pages) 1nv 2n To quarrel is to fight — but usually not physically. Quarreling is a fact of life, occurring between the best of friends, in the happiest of marriages, and between parents and their children. You’re probably familiar with the verb, quarrel, meaning having a disagreement. When there’s a quarrel, there’s anger. As a noun, quarrel, refers to the square-headed arrow shot from crossbow. This meaning of the word comes from the Old French quarel, relating to "square.” If you are quarreling, just don't reach for your crossbow and quarrel. WORD FAMILYquarrel: quarreled, quarreler, quarreling, quarrelled, quarreller, quarrelling, quarrels, quarrelsome+/quarreler: quarrelers/quarreller: quarrellers/quarrelsome: quarrelsomely, quarrelsomeness, quarrelsomer USAGE EXAMPLESAnd it is not surprising that the overseers of a troubled fund would quarrel with a post-mortem on its investment approach. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) In one of their running arguments, he recalled, she would quarrel with his notion that “everything happens for a reason.” New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) They still are quarreling over how to handle a mass influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n an angry dispute they had a quarrel Syn|Hypo|Hyper dustup, row, run-in, words, wrangle affray, altercation, fracas noisy quarrel bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiffa quarrel about petty points bust-upa serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) batrachomyomachiaa silly altercation conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute a disagreement or argument about something important 2v have a disagreement over something 2We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America Syn|Hypo|Hyper altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap brawl, wrangle to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively spatengage in a brief and petty quarrel polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemizeengage in a controversy fall outhave a breach in relations argue, contend, debate, fence have an argument about something n an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges Hyper arrow a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow |
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