单词 | squabble |
释义 | squab·ble I. 1. < a mere squabble in the children's schoolroom — Alan Moorehead > < she could better endure a howling brawl … a shrill squabble of shrews — Jean Stafford > 2. a. < because the committee has become the center of a political squabble, it seems unlikely that anything will ever come of its activities — Henry LaCossitt > b. < recalled the jurisdictional squabbles of the 15th century — Paul Johnson > < an unresolved squabble with the West — William Clark > Synonyms: see quarrel II. intransitive verb 1. < fight and squabble among themselves in complete and vigorous disregard of any color line — Cabell Phillips > < doctors, nurses, the administrator, and the trustees squabbled constantly — Newsweek > 2. of type transitive verb |
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