bickering
['bik?ri?]
- n. 爭吵；爭論
- v. 爭吵（bicker的ing形式）
助記提示
1. beak "鳥嘴, 喙" => bick- "stab, attack" + -er (frequentative suffix) => bicker => bickering.
英文詞源
- bickering (n.)
- c. 1300, "a skirmish," from bicker (v.). Meaning "a verbal wrangle" is from 1570s.
- bickering (adj.)
- 1808 in the sense of "contentious," present participle adjective from bicker (v.). Earlier it was used to mean "flashing, quivering" (1660s).
雙語例句
- 1. He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.
- 他還在為可采用的進近航線與指揮塔臺爭執(zhí)不下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The election will end months of political bickering.
- 這次選舉將會結束數(shù)月來的政治紛爭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart.
- 她多年來醉酒尋釁的惡習讓我變得麻木。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The children are always bickering about something or other.
- 孩子們有事沒事總是在爭吵。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters.
- 這兩個孩子總是為些小事斗嘴.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》