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单词 quibble
释义 quibble
 —quibbler,  n.  
 /kwib"euhl/,  n.  ,  v.  , quibbled, quibbling.
  n.  
  1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
  2. the general use of such arguments.
  3. petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
  v.i.  
  4. to equivocate.
  5. to carp; cavil.
 [1605-15; perh. deriv. (cf. -LE) of quib gibe, appar. akin to QUIP]
 Syn. 1. evasion, equivocation, sophism, shift, ambiguity.
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