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单词 kibitz
释义 kibitz
\ˈkibə̇ts also kə̇ˈbits\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from kiebitz pewit, busybody, from Middle High German gībitz pewit, of imitative origin
intransitive verb
: to act as a kibitzer
 < observation which amounts, if not to democratic control, at least to democratic kibitzing — Elmer Davis >
 < an awful thing to kibitz on a man and his wife, and hear what they really talk about — J.M.Cain >
transitive verb
: to observe as a kibitzer:
 a. : to be a kibitzer at
  < kibitzing a Pullman card game — Bob Broeg >
 b. : to watch the performance of as a kibitzer
  < kibitzed him at poker — Theodore Sturgeon >
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