| 单词 | squabble |
| 释义 | squabble (once / 1979 pages) nv A squabble is a fight but not necessarily a serious one. When we squabble, we have a little argument, probably about something not too important. Do you notice how squabble sounds kind of funny? That's a clue that a squabble is not the most serious kind of argument or fight. A loud, screaming fight would never be called a squabble. A small, silly discussion about something small or trivial is more of a squabble. Friends and family members squabble all the time. WORD FAMILYsquabble: squabbled, squabbles, squabbling USAGE EXAMPLESAnd now, a year later, the Islamic center is still tied up in traffic-pattern objections and subdivision squabbles. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A 17-year-old girl fatally stabbed in a squabble over a cellphone. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) And except for neighborhood squabbles over fireworks use, he rarely hears about problems with the fireworks industry these days. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a quarrel about petty points Syn|Hyper bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, tiff dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle an angry dispute 2v argue over petty things Syn|Hyper bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble argue, contend, debate, fence have an argument about something |
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