quarrel
英 ['kw?r(?)l]
美 ['kw?r?l]
- vi. 吵架；爭論；挑剔
- n. 吵架；反目；怨言；爭吵的原因；方頭鑿
中文詞源
quarrel 爭吵，口角來自拉丁語queri,爭吵，抱怨，詞源同querulous.
英文詞源
- quarrel
- quarrel: English has two words quarrel, one of them now little more than a historical memory. Quarrel ‘argument’ [14] goes back via Old French querele to Latin querēla, a derivative of querī ‘complain’. Also based on querī was querulus ‘complaining’, from which English gets querulous [15]. Quarrel ‘crossbow arrow’ [13] comes via Old French quarel from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, a diminutive form of late Latin quadrus ‘square’ (the quarrel had a ‘square’ head). And quadrus was based on the stem quadr- ‘four’, source of English quadrangle, quadrant, quadruped, etc.
=> querulous; quarter - quarrel (n.1)
- "angry dispute," mid-14c., originally "ground for complaint," from Old French querele "matter, concern, business; dispute, controversy" (Modern French querelle), from Latin querella "complaint, accusation; lamentation," from queri "to complain, lament." Replaced Old English sacan. Sense of "contention between persons" is from 1570s.
- quarrel (n.2)
- "square-headed bolt for a crossbow," mid-13c., from Old French quarel, carrel "bolt, arrow," from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus (adj.) "square," related to quattuor "four" (see four). Now-archaic sense of "square or diamond-shaped plane of glass" first recorded mid-15c.
- quarrel (v.)
- late 14c., "to raise an objection;" 1520s as "to contend violently, to fall out," from quarrel (n.1) and in part from Old French quereler (Modern French quereller). Related: Quarrelled; quarrelling.
雙語例句
- 1. They could quarrel quite legitimately with some of my choices.
- 他們大有理由不同意我的一些選擇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The monarchists are a small fringe group who quarrel fiercely among themselves.
- 君主主義者是一個內部爭吵激烈的非主流的小團體。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It could have happened during a quarrel between them over Naomi.
- 這件事可能是在他們為娜奧米爭吵的過程中發生的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The quarrel between the Serbs and the Croats is old and bitter.
- 塞爾維亞人和克羅地亞人之間的爭斗由來已久，而且非常激烈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
- 歐洲若與美國反目顯然會有致命的后果。
來自柯林斯例句